| Foran playing for the Vulcans | ||||||
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| Born | 25 April 1988 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | |||||
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008 | Melbourne Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | New Zealand Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Sydney Roosters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011– | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: NRL Stats RLP | ||||||
Liam Foran (born 25 April 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Manly Sea Eagles. He plays as a half-back or five-eighth. He is the brother of fellow NRL player Kieran Foran.
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Foran played his junior football at the Ellerslie Eagles Rugby League Football Club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
Foran went to Ellerslie Primary School before moving over to Sydney. He moved to St Ives on the North Shore of Sydney, where he attended St Ives North Public School with fellow future National Rugby League player Mitchell Pearce.
In 2001 he began high school at Marist College North Shore. He also represented the North Sydney Bears junior sides before signing with Melbourne in 2007.
In 2008 Foran joined the Storm's Toyota Cup side, and also played three first grade games for the Storm during the State of Origin period.[1]
Foran signed for the New Zealand Warriors for the 2009 season, with an option for the 2010 season.[2][3] However he was released by the club in June, without playing a senior game.[4] Instead he played the first half of the season with the Auckland Vulcans in the New South Wales Cup.
After leaving the Warriors, Foran joined the Newtown Jets. He then signed for the Jets' parent club, the Sydney Roosters, for the 2010 season.
Foran signed with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for the 2011 season, joining his brother Keiran. To date, Liam has not yet made an appearance in first grade since 2008 while at the Melbourne Storm, filling in on three occasions during the State of Origin Series, as he played for the Toyota Cup or NSW Cup squads for all the clubs he signed, the Melbourne Storm's Under 20's side nicknamed "The Thunderbolts", the New Zealand Warriors' reserve-grade side the Auckland Vulcans, the Sydney Roosters' reserve-grade side the Newtown Jets and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSW Cup side of the same name.
While attending Marist College North Shore, Foran played for the school competition representative squad, MCC (Metropolitan Catholic Colleges), leading him to NSW CCC (New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges) and eventually Australian Schoolboys team which toured England and France in 2006.[5][6] During the tour he surprised some by stating his desire to replace Stacey Jones as New Zealand's long-term halfback.[7] Ironically his younger brother, Kieran, graced the New Zealand Number 7 jersey in the 2010 ANZAC Test.
One year later, in 2007, he made the Junior Kiwis squad and played a key part in the team defeating the Junior Kangaroos.[5]
Foran represented the NSW Residents in 2009 against the Queensland Residents due to good form while with the Auckland Vulcans.
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