Clint Greenshields

Clint Greenshields

Personal information
Nickname	Greeny
Born	11 January 1982 (1982-01-11) (age 29) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–06	St George Illawarra	36	11	0	0	44
2007–	Catalans Dragons	103	45	0	0	180
	Total	139	56	0	0	224
As of 06:18, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Source: NRL Stats

Clint Greenshields (born 11 January 1982 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Catalans Dragons of Super League, having previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League. He plays somewhat of a utility back role, allowing him to slot in at fullback, centre or at five-eighth.

Early years

A former Sawtell resident, Greenshields attended Toormina High School, who compete every year in the Robbie MacKinnon Cup against other local schools of the Coffs Harbour district. His junior club was the Sawtell Panthers JRLFC, a club recently crowned Group 2 senior champions.

Playing career

Greenshields made his first grade debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons.

Greenshields has proved one of the best signings in Super League during his stint in the south of France. He has not missed a single Super League fixture for the dragons, and his superb defensive efforts have been the backbone of the side. He has twice been voted player of the season by the UK-based Dragons e-zine sang-et-or.

On 10 May 2008 it was announced that Greenshields has signed a new three-year contract with the French Super League club.^[2]

Greenshields has been named in the Super League Dream Team for the 2008 season,^[3] beating world class talents like Brent Webb and Paul Wellens to be named as the outstanding full back of the Super League season. He is also one of the front runners in the race for Man of Steel 2008.

He has been selected for the French national rugby league team to compete in the 2009 Four Nations tournament.^[4] He made his debut against England on 23 October 2009, and played in the match against Australia.^[5]

Clint signed a one year extension to his deal at Catalans Dragons in July 2011. ^[6]

Career highlights

• Junior Club: Sawtell Panthers JRLFC
• First Grade Debut: Round 9, St George Illawarra v Manly, Brookvale Oval, 9 May 2004

References

1. ^ "Dragons Catalans". web page. DRAGONS CATALANS S.A.S.P. 2011. http://www.catalansdragons.com/index.php?article=greenshields_clint. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Greenshields signs Catalans deal". Quins. 2008-05-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/catalan/7393730.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 
3. ^ "2008 engage Super League Dream Team". Super League. 2008-09-15. http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=11755. Retrieved 2008-09-26. 
4. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/30/catalans-australians-france-four-nations France includes three Catalans Australians for Four Nations
5. ^ http://www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/57245/greenshields-dares-to-live-french-dream/default.aspx
6. ^ [http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=22813, 6th July 2011.

External links

• Clint Greenshields Official Website
• Super League profile
• Clint Greenshields Official Player Profile
• Clint Greenshields NRL Profile

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Name	Greenshields, Clint
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Date of birth	11 January 1982
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
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