Mitchell Pearce

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Mitchell Pearce
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Pearce
Date of birth April 7, 1989 (1989-04-07) (age 19)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Nickname(s) Junior Junior, Superboy
School(s) Barker College
Marist College North Shore
Relatives Wayne Pearce (father)
Club information
Position(s) Halfback, Five-eighth
Current club Sydney Roosters
Number 7
Youth clubs
Years Club
North Ryde Hawks
Asquith Magpies
Youth representative teams
2005 – 2006 Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2007 – present Sydney Roosters 27 (21)
Representative teams**
2008 – City Origin 1 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of May 16 2008.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of May 8 2008.

Mitchell Pearce (born April 7, 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a professional Australian rugby league footballer currently playing for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. Pearce's position of choice is halfback and he has captained Australia at schoolboy level.[1]

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[edit] Early and personal life

The son of former league international Wayne Pearce, Mitchell was born on April 7, 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales. After playing soccer, tennis and athletics as a child,[2] he started playing rugby league at the age of 10.[3]

[edit] Senior career

[edit] Debut season

At the age of 17, Pearce made his First Grade debut for the Sydney Roosters on March 24, 2007 against the North Queensland Cowboys at Dairy Farmers Stadium.[4] After only three First Grade appearances for the Roosters, Pearce's contract was extended by the club to until the end of the 2010 season.[5]

Pearce had a solid debut season, scoring 2 tries and registering 13 try assists.[6] Despite this, a back injury kept him out of the latter part of the season.[7] In an early career highlight, Pearce ran 80 metres to score a last-minute try, snatching victory for the Sydney Roosters against the Penrith Panthers in a 24-20 win on June 16, 2007.[8]

[edit] 2008 season

Pairing Braith Anasta in the halves, Pearce had a very good start to the 2008 season. His performances in the early rounds were so impressive that he was considered strongly in the running for the New South Wales halfback position for the 2008 Rugby League State of Origin series.[9][10] Pearce's Origin chances were strengthened when he was named as starting half-back for the City Origin Team in the annual City vs Country Origin match.[11] In his senior representative debut, Pearce played a solid game, helping City to a 22-all draw with Country.[12]

[edit] Statistics

Sydney Roosters

Season Matches Tries Goals Points
2007 16 2 0 8
2008 9 3 0 12
Total 25 5 0 20

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bear Juniors feature in Schoolboy Representative Sides North Sydney Bears. Retrieved March 11, 2008
  2. ^ Pearce born to be a leader Fox Sports News. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  3. ^ Mitchell attended Marist College in North Sydney.Mitchell Pearce - Player Profile Sydney Roosters. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  4. ^ Mitchell Pearce - profile NRL. Retrieved March 11, 2008
  5. ^ Roosters extend Pearce's contract Fox Sports News. Retrieved March 11, 2008
  6. ^ Mitchell Pearce statistics NRL Stats. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  7. ^ Pearce out for six weeks Sydney Roosters. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  8. ^ Rookies get Roosters home SportsAustralia.com. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  9. ^ Pearce firmly in Origin hunt Fox Sports News. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  10. ^ Pearce born to be a leader Fox Sports News. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  11. ^ Pearce gets his chance in City-Country clash Live News. Retrieved May 8, 2008
  12. ^ Honours shared in City Country clash ABC News. Retrieved May 8, 2008


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