Riley Price (born 7 June 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row, prop, lock forward for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League
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| Full name | Riley Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2001 Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Prop, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 7 April 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Background
editPrice was born in Hurstville, New South Wales while his father Steve, a Queensland and Australian representative, was playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[2]
In 2005, Price moved to Auckland when his father joined the New Zealand Warriors. In Auckland, he played his first junior rugby league for the Mt Albert Lions.[3][4] Price returned to Australia when he was 15-years old, living on the Sunshine Coast and playing rugby league for the Kawana Dolphins.[5]
His uncle, Brent Tate, is also a former Queensland and Australian representative.[6] His sister, Jamie-Lee Price, plays for Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball and is a member of the Australian Diamonds Netball Squad.[7][8]
Playing career
editEarly career
editIn 2018, Price played for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Mal Meninga Cup and Hastings Deering Colts competitions.[9][10]
In 2019, after starting the season with the Falcons, Price signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played for the Townsville Blackhawks under-20s side.[11][12][13]
In 2020, he was named in the Queensland under-20 Emerging Origin squad.[14]
In 2021, Price played for the Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup and re-signed with the Cowboys until the end of 2023, joining their NRL squad.[15] While on a development contract, he spent the entire 2022 season playing in the Queensland Cup.[16]
2023
editIn round 5 of the 2023 NRL season, Price made his first grade debut against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, coincidentally the club his father played for,[17] at Stadium Australia which ended in a 15-14 loss during golden point extra-time.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Riley Price - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Blackhawks to debut Riley Price, son of Queensland legend Steve Price". Townsville Bulletin. 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Price: Growing up I've been lucky to have him by my side". NQ Cowboys. 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Central teams lose in contests". Stuff.co.nz. 28 August 2013.
- ^ "Whirlwind ride to NRL stardom set to culminate for Cowboys young gun Riley Price". Sporting News. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Riley Price on his unique Johnathan Thurston connection, family ties to Cowboys". Townsville Bulletin. 9 February 2023.
- ^ Valuable in her own right New Zealand Herald, 25 November 2002
- ^ Catalano, Alex (19 August 2021). "Family is everything: Jamie-Lee Price at home in Queensland". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "QRL U18 Mal Meninga Cup - 2018 Round 6". League Unlimited. 10 April 2018.
- ^ "QRL U20 Hastings Deering Colts - 2018 Round 21". League Unlimited. 31 July 2018.
- ^ "QRL U20 Hastings Deering Colts - 2019 Round 11". League Unlimited. 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Riley Price". 18thman.com. November 2019.
- ^ "17 Cowboys contracted players set for QRL finals today". NQ Cowboys. 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Cowboys named in 2020 Qld U20s Emerging Origin squad". NQ Cowboys. 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Cowboys re-sign young trio". NQ Cowboys. 12 May 2021.
- ^ "2022 Cowboys allocations". Townsville Blackhawks. 1 February 2022.
- ^ @nthqldcowboys (28 March 2023). "Riley Price will make his NRL debut this Sunday against the @NRL_Bulldogs, the club his dad, Steve, played 222 games for between 1994-04" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 May 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Cowboys team list: Round 5 v Bulldogs". NQ Cowboys. 28 March 2023.
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