Mitch Rein

Mitch Rein (born 26 April 1990) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL.

Mitch Rein
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Rein
Born (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990[1]
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–16 St. George Illawarra 132 22 0 0 88
2017 Penrith Panthers 5 2 0 0 8
2018– Gold Coast Titans 51 6 0 0 24
Total 188 30 0 0 120
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 NSW Country 2 0 0 0 0
As of 18 November 2020
Source: [2]

Rein previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He has played for NSW Country.

Background

Rein was born in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.

Career

Rein began playing rugby league in his hometown of Kiama for the Kiama Knights, working his way up the junior ranks before signing for the Illawarra Steelers to play in their junior competitions, Harold Matthews Cup and S.G. Ball Cup. In 2006, Rein won the Steelers Harold Matthews Player of the Year.[3] Rein then went on to sign with the St. George Illawarra Dragons and made impact with the Under-20's side in 2009 and 2010, winning the Dragons' Toyota Cup Player of the Year award in 2010.[3]

Rein made his NRL first grade debut for the St. George Illawarra Dragons on 12 March 2011 at Skilled Park, Robina in Round 1 of the 2011 Telstra Premiership,[1] when he came on for the final thirty minutes of their 25-16 win, making 18 tackles.

Rein played 132 National Rugby League games for the St. George Illawarra Dragons over 6 seasons.

After being told by the Dragons that his contract would not be extended past the 2016 season,[4] Rein signed a two-year contract with the Penrith Panthers on 28 October 2016.[5]

Rein made his first grade debut for the Panthers in their Round 13 38-0 win over the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs, with Rein scoring 2 tries. On 28 August 2017, Rein was named in The Intrust Super Premiership NSW team of the year.[6] Rein was a member of The Penrith Panthers side that won The 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW and The 2017 NRL State Championship.[7][8] Stuck behind Peter Wallace and Sione Katoa in the Panthers pecking order for hooker, Rein just played 5 NRL games for the season, and left the club at the end of the year, signing with the Gold Coast Titans, Rein joins the club on a one year deal. Rein said of the move,“I came here not knowing many of the guys but they’ve been very welcoming and I can’t wait to rip in for the rest of the pre-season,”.[9][10] On 28 April 2018, he scored his first try for the Titans in the 9-10 loss to Cronulla Sharks at Robina Stadium.

Rein made a total of 18 appearances for the Gold Coast in the 2019 NRL season as the club endured a horror year on and off the field. During the halfway mark of the season, head coach Garth Brennan was sacked by the club after a string of poor results. The Gold Coast managed to win only 4 games for the entire season and finished last claiming the Wooden Spoon.[11][12]

References
  1. Dragons Player Profile - Mitch Rein
  2. "Mitch Rein". Rugby League Project.
  3. Junior Knights Homepage, "From Knight to Dragon"
  4. Jennings, Mitch (26 August 2016). "St George Illawarra confirm Mitch Rein and Benji Marshall departures". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. "Rein joins the Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/08/28/_2017_team_of_the_ye_1478769739.html
  7. http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/09/26/teams_2017_intrust_s.html
  8. http://leagueunlimited.com/news/31052-preview-2017-intrust-super-premiership-nsw-grand-final/
  9. http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/mitch-rein-joins-gold-coast-titans-from-penrith-panthers/news-story/c532a85f896386eb10aa7d998e78f75c
  10. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/gold-coast-titans-sign-mitch-rein-on-oneyear-deal-20171119-gzop57.html
  11. "The Titans are full of 'hot air'. Their latest blunder proves it". Adelaide Now.
  12. "Gold Coast Titans sack coach Garth Brennan". The Guardian.
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