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| Full name | Joshua Perry | |||||
| Nickname | Mungo, Teddy[1] | |||||
| Born | 4 February 1981 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 128 kg (20 st 2 lb) [2] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2000–07 | Newcastle Knights | 142 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2008–10 | Manly Sea Eagles | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2011– | St Helens | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 220 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–2009 | Country Origin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003–10 | New South Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–2010 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 20 June 2011 | ||||||
| Source: Heral Sun, Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero | ||||||
Josh Perry (born 4 February 1981 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for St Helens RLFC in the Super League competition. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative prop forward, he previously played for the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 2001 NRL Premiership before moving to the Manly Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 NRL Premiership.
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A Valentine-Eleebana junior, Perry made his first-grade debut in round 17 of the 2000 season playing for Newcastle against the New Zealand Warriors at EnergyAustralia Stadium on 27 May.[3]
In 2001, he was a member of the Grand final winning team when Newcastle defeated Parramatta Eels, 30–24 at Stadium Australia on 30 September.[4]
In 2007, Perry came off contract at the Newcastle Knights and he signed for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for the 2008 season on a three year contract.[4]
In his first year with the Sea Eagles, Perry played in the 2008 Grand Final victory over the Melbourne Storm.[4]
Perry was selected to represent New South Wales as a reserve for game I of the 2003 State of Origin series.[5] Perry was also selected for Country Origin in 2001, 2003 and 2004, scoring one try in the 2001 match.
In August 2008, Perry was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[6][7] Two days following the NRL grand final, Perry was named in the 24-man Australia squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[4][8]
Perry made his test debut for Australia against New Zealand from the bench in Australia's opening RLWC 08 game on 26 October.
He was selected for Country in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009 and selected in the New South Wales team for game 3 in the 2009 series. [9]
Josh Perry was rewarded for his and Manly's good start to 2010 with selection on the bench for Australia in the annual ANZAC Test against New Zealand Melbourne on 7 May.
His brother James plays for the Philadelphia Fight in the American National Rugby League.[10]
Josh Perry will join St Helens RLFC for the 2011 season on a 3 year contract. The 29 year old Australian international and State of Origin prop forward is eagerly anticipating his new challenge: "I'm really looking forward to joining St.Helens,” he said, “and in particular playing alongside fellow prop James Graham."
“Saints are a club with a long and proud history and a winning culture. I've been fortunate enough to play in NRL Grand Final winning teams at both Newcastle Knights and Manly Sea Eagles and it’s my ambition to do the same in England."
“My team mate Jamie Lyon tells me he had two of the best years of his life at St. Helens and I hope it's the same for me." [11]
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