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Clay Priest

Clay Priest
Priest playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1989-02-05) 5 February 1989 (age 35)
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Canberra Raiders 31 0 0 0 0
2018 Canterbury Bulldogs 8 0 0 0 0
Total 39 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]
As of 4 March 2018

Clay Priest (born 5 February 1989) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays as a lock and prop. He has previously played for the Canberra Raiders.

Background

Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Priest played his junior rugby league for Brothers Penrith, before being signed by the Mount Pritchard Mounties.

Playing career

Early career

In 2014, Priest joined the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the New South Wales Cup, while training with NRL side Canberra Raiders during the pre-season.[3]

2016

After impressing for the Mounties, Priest was handed a second-tier contract with the Raiders[4] and made his NRL debut for them against the Wests Tigers in round 8 of the 2016 NRL season.[5][6] On 18 August, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[7] He finished his debut season with 14 NRL matches.[8]

2017

Priest played 17 NRL matches for the Raiders during the 2017 season.[9] In November, he signed a contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the 2018 season, in a swap deal with Bulldogs player Brad Abbey joining the Raiders.[10]

2018

On 27 August, Priest was one of the players announced by Canterbury to be leaving at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed by the club.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Clay Priest - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Mounties kick off preseason training | Fairfield City Champion". Fairfieldchampion.com.au. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ^ Jon Tuxworth (23 April 2016). "NRL: Raiders hand Clay Priest a debut as Stuart shakes up out of form side". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Updated team lists: Raiders v Tigers". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  6. ^ NRL. "NRL Late Mail: Raiders v Tigers". Raiders. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Priest re-signs with the Raiders". Zero Tackle. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  8. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  9. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  10. ^ Media, NRL Digital (10 November 2017). "Bulldogs become Salary Cap compliant for 2018". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Join us on Sunday to say farewell to our departing players". 27 August 2018.
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