Brad Abbey

Brad Abbey (born 30 December 1996) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who last played as a fullback for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.

Brad Abbey
Personal information
Full nameBradley Abbey[1]
Born (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996
Auckland, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Canterbury Bulldogs 4 1 1 0 6
2018 Canberra Raiders 9 1 0 0 4
2020– Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 2 1 0 10
As of 17 November 2020
Source: [2]

He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League.

Background

Abbey was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Samoan descent.

Playing career

Early career

He played his junior rugby league for the Pakuranga Jaguars and Richmond Rovers. He was then signed by the New Zealand Warriors.

In 2014 and 2015, Abbey played for the New Zealand Warriors' NYC team.[3] In October 2015, he played for the Warriors in their 2014 NYC Grand Final win over the Brisbane Broncos.[4] In November 2015, he signed a 3-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting in 2016.[5] In May 2016, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos.[6]

2017

In round 3 of the 2017 NRL season, Abbey made his NRL debut for Canterbury against his former club, the Warriors.[7][8] He went on to play 4 NRL matches in his debut season, scoring 1 try and kicking 1 goal.[9] On 10 November, it was announced that Abbey had signed a two-year contract with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2018, after being released from his Canterbury contract in a player swap for Canberra player Clay Priest.[10][11]

2018

Abbey came into the starting side to play fullback at short notice for the round 16 match against the Brisbane Broncos, that followed the suspension of Jack Wighton for an off-field incident. He faced his former club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in round 17. Abbey scored his only try of the season the in a controversial round 19 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

2019

Abbey made no appearances for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season. Abbey spent his time playing for Mounties, Canberra's feeder club side in the Canterbury Cup NSW. Abbey was later ruled out for the season with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury.[12][13]

On 13 October, it was announced that Abbey had been released by Canberra.[14] On 26 November, it was revealed that Abbey was on a train and trial contract with the Wests Tigers.[15]

References
  1. "Bradley Abbey looks set to leave the Warriors for Bulldogs at end of the season". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Brad Abbey - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "A". Nyc Database. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. Luca, Rocco (1 October 2014). "2014 UNDER 20s GRAND FINAL TEAMS". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. Bulldogs.com.au (3 November 2015). "Bulldogs confirm retention and recruitment". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. "Updated: Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. "Updated team lists: Bulldogs v Warriors". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. NRL Digital Media. "CrownBet Late Mail: Round 3 v Warriors". Bulldogs. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  10. Media, NRL Digital. "Raiders Sign Brad Abbey". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  11. Media, NRL Digital. "Abbey Signs With Raiders". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  12. "How your NRL club sits, and where they will finish the 2019 season". Fox Sports.
  13. "Player profile Brad Abbey". NSWRL.
  14. "Every club's squad, new deals and market moves for 2020 season". Fox Sports.
  15. "Penrith just signed the NRL's 'best free agent'. These are the others still without deals for 2020". Fox Sports.
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