Craig Stapleton (rugby league)

Craig Stapleton

Personal information
Born	31 August 1978 (1978-08-31) (age 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	17 st 5 lbs (110 kg)
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998	St. George Dragons	6	1	0	0	4
2001–2003	St. George Illawarra	30	2	0	0	8
2004	Parramatta Eels	23	1	0	0	4
2005	Leigh Centurions	27	4	0	0	16
2006	Penrith Panthers	24	1	0	0	4
2007	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	0	0	0	0
2008–2009	Salford City Reds	18	4	0	0	16
2010–	Souths Rabbitohs	1	0	0	0	0
	Total	153	13	0	0	52

Craig Stapleton (born 31 August 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. Stapleton formerly played for St. George and St. George Illawarra, Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition as well as Leigh Centurions and Salford City Reds in Super League. Stapleton primarily plays at prop. A journeyman forward, Stapleton has played for seven clubs in ten years.

Return to Australia

He returned to Australia in 2009 to play in the Illawarra rugby league competition with Wests and was called up by South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2010 due to their lack of depth in the forwards.^[1]

Career highlights

• First Grade Debut: 1998 - Round 11, St. George vs Gold Coast Chargers at Gold Coast Stadium, 23 May
• Salford's Player of the Year in 2008 & 2009^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^ http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/58992/souths-sign-prop-stapleton/default.aspx
2. ^ Brad Walter (11 June 2010). "Red-headed journeyman finds himself at Redfern to help the Rabbitohs". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/redheaded-journeyman-finds-himself-at-redfern-to-help-the-rabbitohs-20100610-y0l8.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 

External links

• NRL Player Profile

Persondata
Name	Stapleton, Craig
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 August 1978
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death