Ashley Graham (rugby league)

Ashley Graham
Personal information
Full name Ashley Graham
Nickname Ash
Born 4 June 1984 (1984-06-04) (age 27)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–2006 Parramatta Eels 41 18 0 0 72
2006– North Queensland 123 56 25 0 274
Total 164 74 25 0 346
As of 15 October 2011
Source: NRL Stats, RLP

Ashley Graham (born 4 June 1984 in Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. He plays mainly as a winger.

Graham played junior football for the Cairns Kangaroos but started his first-grade career in Sydney with the Parramatta Eels.[1] He moved back to north Queensland for the 2006 season to sign for the Cowboys. In 2007 Graham was named the Cowboys' most improved player, after a season in which he scored 18 tries in 22 matches.[2]

In 2011, the Cowboys named him as the club's player of the season.[3] In August 2011, NRL and Nine Network journalist Lelia McKinnon named Graham as the most underrated player in the NRL, noting the disproportionality between his competition-leading 2702 metres gained, and his then 34-word wikipedia article.[4] He was the club's top try-scorer for the season (12) and led his team-mates in hit-ups (417).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Ashley Graham". www.cowboys.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62R6wgeFD. Retrieved 14 October 2011. 
  2. ^ Peut, Natalie (2 February 2008). "Cowboys help NRL celebrate". Townsville Bulletin. http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/02/02/10302_cowboys.html. Retrieved 29 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "2011 Cowboy of the Year – Ashley Graham!". www.cowboys.com.au. 7 October 2011. http://www.cowboys.com.au/?s=article-display&id=44359. Retrieved 14 October 2011. 
  4. ^ McKinnon, Leila (2 August 2011). "In Touch: Most Underrated Player Award goes to …". www.nrl.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62nlZsHR7. Retrieved 29 October 2011. 
  5. ^ "2011 Stats Leaders". www.cowboys.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62R5ja7WR. Retrieved 14 October 2011.