Craig Wing

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Craig Wing

Personal information
Full name	Craig Wing
Date of birth	26 December 1979 (1979-12-26) (age 28)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Nickname(s)	Wingy
Club information
Position(s)	Hooker, Half-back ,Five-eighth, Centre
Current club	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Coogee Randwick Wombats
Youth representative teams
1996-97	Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1998–1999 2000–2007 2008–	South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters South Sydney Rabbitohs Total	43 (48) 185 (264) 1 (0) 229 (312)
Representative teams**
2001–2006 2003–2006 2002–2005	City Origin New South Wales Australia	4 (4) 10 (4) 16 (4)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 14:14, 1 January 2008 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 14:14, 1 January 2008 (UTC).

Craig Wing (born 26 December 1979, in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player.

Wing currently plays half-back for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He has also played for the Sydney Roosters, New South Wales and Australia.

[edit] Personal

His mother is Filipina, while his father is an Australian^{[citation needed]}. Wing is a graduate of Sydney Boys High School.

[edit] Rugby league career

First Grade Debut: Souths v Warriors at Ericsson Stadium, March 13,1998 (Round 1).

[edit] Roosters

Wing has played most of his professional rugby league at the Sydney Roosters. He moved to the club in 2000 and originally started as a halfback partnering Brad Fittler. Wing was later moved to hooker in 2003 when halfback Brett Finch joined the club. ^[1]. Wing has also played five-eighth on occasion.

Wing has played in four NRL Grand Finals with the Roosters: 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004, a feat achieved by very few players in the NRL. He was in the team which won the 2002 Grand Final where he scored one try.

[edit] Representative career

Wing has represented the New South Wales State of Origin team, City Origin and the Australian Kangaroos. Many of his appearances have been as a reserve due to the fact that Wing can cover a number of positions.

[edit] Move to Souths

Wing announced in June 2007 that he would be leaving the Roosters at the end of the 2007 NRL season to take up a four-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the club where he started his career. ^[2]

While the Roosters' offer was higher, Wing said he felt more comfortable accepting the Souths offer as it was a guaranteed four year deal compared to the Roosters' 2 year deal with an option for a further 2 years ^[3]

Wing came under tremendous criticism for allowing himself to be paraded at a high profile Souths press conference while still contracted at the Sydney Roosters. It could be argued that the Roosters started the whole problem in the first place however, as they broke the news of Craig Wing's signing on their website before Souths had officially signed him, in an apparent attempt to steal Souths thunder. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In any case, Wing still apologised to the Sydney Roosters 'fans'. ^[7] He was jeered on 23 June, 2007, by the Roosters fans at a game against the Parramatta Eels, his first game after signing for Souths.^[8]

[edit] South Sydney 2008

In round 1 of the season,Wing was injured in a tackle in only the 8th minute of the game against his old club the Roosters. Wing was being held up by Anthony Tupou and Braith Anasta, and then Riley Brown came and shoulder charged Wing's back. Wing is now sidelined for 12 weeks ^[9]

[edit] Trivia

In 2000, Craig Wing won the Cleo Magazine's annual Bachelor of the Year award.

Wing describes Alan Jones as the biggest influence on his rugby league career. ^[10]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• State of Origin Official website Rugby League Player Stats
• Official South Sydney Rabbitohs profile
• Wing shock at selection
• Kangaroos turn to versatile Wing
• Wing expects to be fit for final