Brad Meyers

Brad Meyers
Personal information
Full name Bradley Meyers
Nickname Big Red[1]
Born 5 January 1980 (1980-01-05) (age 32)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position ,Prop, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–2004 Brisbane Broncos 102 7 0 0 28
2004–2006 Bradford Bulls 51 13 0 0 52
2007–2011 Gold Coast Titans 75 11 0 0 44
Total 228 31 0 0 124
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001 Queensland 3 0 0 0 0
2001 Australia 4 1 0 0 4
As of 14 June 2011
Source: NRL Stats, [2]

Bradley Meyers (born 5 January 1980) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative second-row forward, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and in England for the Bradford Bulls, with whom he won the 2005 Super League X championship.

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Early career

Meyers attended school at Villanova College were he initially played rugby union. While attending Villanova College, Meyers played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1997.[2]

Brisbane Broncos

In 2001 he made his debut for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby League competition and later was picked for the State of Origin series in Australia where he represented the Queensland Maroons in their triumph over their fierce rivals the New South Wales Blues. The big redhead then went on to represent Australia in two tests against New Zealand and Great Britain on the 2001 Kangaroo tour. He played 102 games for the Brisbane Broncos before signing for the Bradford Bulls in 2005.

Bradford Bulls

Brad had two great seasons at Bradford and played in 2005 grand final winning team that beat Leeds 15–8. This was followed up by the Bulls' victory in the 2006 World Club Challenge.

Gold Coast Titans

On the 1st, July 2006, it was announced that the new NRL franchise, the Gold Coast Titans, had signed Meyers on a two-year deal. Meyers stated, "I am really looking forward to playing with the Titans. It's a new challenge for my career and I couldn't think of a better place to be."[3] He did however explain that he "really enjoyed playing here at Bradford. It was a change I needed but now it is time to head back home. I have a few goals I wish to achieve within the NRL and feel that these last couple of years have given me a solid background on which to make my return."[3] In May, Meyers announced that 2011 would be his last year in the NRL.

External links

Sources

  1. ^ Ricketts, Steve (30 March 2008). "Big Red Brad Meyers back in top grade". The Courier-Mail. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23457084-10389,00.html. 
  2. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  3. ^ a b [1] "Titans confirm Meyers signing" article. URL retrieved 30 July 2006.