| Pettybourne playing for North Sydney | ||||||
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| Full name | Edward Pettybourne | |||||
| Nickname | Ed | |||||
| Born | 13 February 1988 Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | |||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007– | South Sydney | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Edward "Eddy" Pettybourne (born 13 February 1988[1] in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a rugby league player who currently plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.
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Eddy Pettybourne attended Marcellin College Randwick, representing Australia at schoolboy level in 2005.[2]
Pettybourne made his NRL debut against the North Queensland Cowboys in round 19 of 2007. He scored his first try in first grade in round 1 of 2009 when the Rabbitohs slaughtered the Sydney Roosters 52-12. He played every game for the Rabbitohs in 2009 and scored 7 tries to be the Rabbitohs fifth highest try scorer of the season. He made 526 tackles in 2009 which was the third highest in the club.
Eddy Pettybourne's position of choice is in the second-row and he recently chose to represent New Zealand instead of playing for Australia. He was called up for the New Zealand Kiwis squad at the 2009 Four Nations as a late replacement for the injured Ben Matulino and Bronson Harrison.[3]
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