Anthony Laffranchi

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Anthony Laffranchi

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Laffranchi
Date of birth	16 November 1980 (1980-11-16) (age 27)
Place of birth	Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 0 lb)
Club information
Position(s)	Second-Row
Current club	Gold Coast Titans
Number	11
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Murwillumbah Colts
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2001–2006 2007–	Wests Tigers Gold Coast Titans	102 (72) 30 (44)
Representative teams
2008 2008	Country Origin New South Wales
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Anthony Laffranchi (born 16 November 1980 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. His position of choice is at Second Row though he can also play lock. He was educated at Mt St Patrick College where he excelled in all sports; particularly rugby league.

Laffranchi has been one of the stand-out players in the NRL in the 2007 season leading the competition in Hit-Ups, Tackles and Offloads before missing 4 weeks due to injury and was unlucky to miss out on selection for a Blues jersey in State of Origin game One.

[edit] Career highlights

• Junior Club: Murwillumbah Colts
• First Grade Debut: Round 26, Wests Tigers v Sharks at Leichhardt Oval, September 2, 2001
• First Grade Record: 116 appearances scoring 22 tries (Total: 88 points)
• First Grade Clubs: 102 appearances for Wests Tigers (18 tries, 72 points) 2001-2006, 30 appearances for Gold Coast Titans (11 tries, 44 points) 2007, 2008
• Representative Teams: NSW Blues (State of Origin), 2007 (1 try, 4 points), City Country Match 2008 (1 try, 4 points)

[edit] Controversy

On March 6, 2007, New South Wales police charged Anthony Laffranchi with the sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman. The charge was dismissed by a magistrate in April 2008.^[1]

[edit] 2008

After an outstanding performace with the new found Gold Coast Titans in 2007 and a solid performance in 2008, Laffranchi was selected to play for the City Country Game representing Country, in which he was awarded Man of the Match. Laffranchi has been selected for NSW State of Origin Game 1.

Laffranchi came off the bench in State of Origin and was a success as an interchange. Scoring the winning try off a Mark Gasnier line break and leading the tackle count (40) for NSW.

[edit] See also

• List of Rugby league incidents

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Anthony Laffranchi Official Player Profile
• Anthony Laffranchi NRL Profile