Steve Price
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- For the radio broadcaster, see Steve Price (broadcaster).
Steve Price is an Australian Rugby League footballer. He has played the majority of his career with the Canterbury Bulldogs in what was then the NSWRL. He played for the Bulldogs through the Australian Rugby League and Super League eras into the National Rugby League era before moving to the New Zealand Warriors in 2005.
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[edit] Football
He started his footballing career with the Canterbury Bulldogs on July 3, 1994 (Rd 14) in the Canterbury versus Balmain game at Belmore. He was signed directly from the Newtown Lions club in Toowoomba. Price established a repuation as an effective front rower/prop and second rower with a good work rate, decent impact tackling, decent passing game for a forward and the ability to target and charge down potential general play kickers and affect the impact of their kicking game through the threat of his presence. Price played in the superleague state of origin series.
In 2004 the Bulldogs won the premiership but it was also the last season he would play with the Bulldogs as he had signed with the New Zealand Warriors. He now captains the New Zealand Warriors.
He has played twenty games for Queensland in the State of Origin from 1998-06 and won the 2004 Ron McAullife Medal for Queensland player of the series.
Price has also played six Tests for Australia from 1998-06.
[edit] Football Teams
Price has been a prominent footballing part of a Bulldogs team that has become famous for many reasons.
- 1998: The Bulldogs made the Grand Final of the first National Rugby League after overcoming seemingly impossible odds in their previous two finals game. Against the Parramatta Eels, they were down 20-2 with less than 12 inutes let and rallied to win the game by scoring 3 late tries. They achieved a similar outcome against the Newcastle Knights the next week but were unable to do so against the Brisbane Broncos in the grand final.
- 2002: The Bulldogs broke the record for most successive game wins by winning 17 in a row but were found to have exceeded the salary cap and had to forfeit their competitions points, excluding them from a finals series that they were expected to win. The Sydney Roosters won the 2002 NRL competition.
- 2006: Again Price was involved in a team that had competition points deducted for salary cap breaches - this time the Warriors were deducted four points for breaches in previous seasons. The loss of points led to the Warriors missing the finals.
[edit] Personal life
Steve Price is married and has three children. Steve and his family have bought a house in Auckland, New Zealand where he now plays for the New Zealand Warriors. The prices are enjoying the lifstyle change so much that they are leaving all options open even to the degree they may stay in Auckland after Steve finishes his rugby league career.
[edit] Trivia and Charity
- Photos of Steve Price were published in the 1999 issue of men's magazine blue. Steve is the 2nd NRL player to have nude photos published in this magazine. (Ian Roberts was the 1st). Becomeing one of the highest selling magazines in Australia.
- One of the things Steve Price enjoys most out of his occupation is being able to support and help fund raise for charity.[citation needed]
- Steve Price has stated that he thinks that drop goals should gain two points instead of the one that they have been awarded since 1973. He also stated that he believed that penalty goals should be banned.
- Steve Price hopes one day to run the NRL.
[edit] Stats
- Born 12 Mar 1974, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
- Weight 106kg
- Height 193cm
- Position Prop
- Premierships 2 (Canterbury Bulldogs, 1995, 2004)
