| Sam Isemonger | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Sam Isemonger | |||||
| Nickname | Iceman | |||||
| Born | 4 May 1978 Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | |||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1998–2005 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 74 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2006–2007 | St. George Illawarra | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 95 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Source: NRL Stats | ||||||
Sam Isemonger (born 4 May 1978 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the Australian National Rugby League competition. He has also previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. His position of choice was the second row.
Isemonger is also the son of former professional rugby league player for Cronulla David Isemonger.
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Isemonger grew up in the Sutherland Shire and began playing rugby league at the age of three for his local club side Como Jannali. He was eventually signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks while still a teenager.
After signing with his local National Rugby League side Isemonger eventually made his first grade debut on 10 July 1998 at the age of twenty against the Parramatta Eels.
Over the next several years Isemonger was both in and out of the first grade team with the Sharks for a variety of reasons; originally having to compete with representative players such as Chris McKenna, Tawera Nikau, Les Davidson and Danny Lee meant a first team position was more often than not hard to come by. With several senior players moving on as the years passed Isemonger was able to get more game time but again hit a stumbling block with two knee reconstructions over a short period of time cutting back his playing time once again.
After eight seasons with the Sharks in which he made a total of seventy-four appearances he was subsequently released from his contract by new coach Stuart Raper.
After being released by the Sharks Isemonger signed on to local rivals the St George Illawarra Dragons for the beginning of the 2006 NRL season.