| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Ryan Millard | |||||
| Born | 13 March 1987 Hurstville, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 200x–2006 | St. George Illawarra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007–2008 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Newtown Jets* | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010– | Shellharbour Dragons* | |||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009– | Fiji | |||||
| As of 06 April 2010 | ||||||
| Source: VB New South Wales Cup - 2009
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Ryan Millard (born in 13 March 1987 in Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a Fijian rugby league player for the Wests Magpies in the New South Wales Cup. He plays as a five-eighth or full-back, and can also play as a centre or on the wing. He is a Fijian international.[1]
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His elder brother Daryl Millard plays for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the European Super League and is also a Fijian international.[2] Their father, Shane Millard, is the assistant coach of the Australian Fijian team. Shane is a former reserve-grade coach for the St George Dragons and also coached the USA Tomahawks.[3][4][5] There is no relation between the family and journeyman Australian-born former USA international hooker and second-row forward Shane Millard, although this is sometimes reported as the case.[3][6]
Ryan Millard played junior rugby league for Renown United[7] and previously played in the youth teams at the St. George Illawarra Dragons, playing in the Jersey Flegg and SG Ball sides for the Dragons.[8][9] He failed to make first grade with St. George Illawarra and moved with his brother to the Bulldogs for the 2007 season.[10] He played in the New South Wales Cup for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2008 and for the Newtown Jets in 2009.[11][12] For the 2010 season he moved to the Shellharbour City Dragons, the New South Wales Cup team that act as a feeder club to the NRL club St. George Illawarra Dragons.[13]
Millard played for Fiji against the Junior Kangaroos in a narrow 15-14 loss in 2007.[14][15] He was not selected in either the wider training squad[16][17] nor the final 25-man Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[18] He made his full international debut for Fiji in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[2] Millard has also represented the Australian Fijian team[3][19][20] and was named Australian Fijian Fiji Bati Player of the Year for 2009.[21] Millard is eligible to play for Fiji as he has a Fijian mother.[22]