Ciriaco Mescia
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Cherry | |||||
| Born | January 14, 1973 Australia | |||||
| Height | 173 cm | |||||
| Weight | 81kg | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1994–99 | Wests Magpies | 90 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2000–01 | Wests Tigers | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 128 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1995–97 | Country Origin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 3 May 2010 | ||||||
| Source: RLP NRL Stats | ||||||
Ciriaco Mescia (born 14 January 1973[1]) is an Australian former professional rugby league player for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Wests Tigers. He played primarily at hooker.
Club career
Mescia played junior football with Batlow.[2] He gained attention playing for Riverina against Newcastle in 1990[3] before joining the Magpies in 1991.[4] He made his first grade debut for the club in round 7 of 1994,[5] but it was his sole appearance for the club that year.
From 1995, Mescia became first choice of hooker at Wests, playing in 90 games over the next 5 seasons. When the Magpies merged with the Balmain Tigers, Mescia became a member of the Wests Tigers squad from the 2000 season, but was often chosen on the bench behind starting hooker Darren Senter. With a new coach in Terry Lamb in 2001, Mescia won back the position of hooker,[6] but it was to be his last season as a player, retiring due to a fracture to his lower back in the 2002 pre-season.[4]
Mescia has been made a life member of the Western Suburbs club.[7]
Representative
Mescia played for Country Origin for three straight seasons from 1995.[8]
Coaching
Mescia became High Performance Manager for his former club the Wests Tigers from 2003 to 2009.[9] In 2010, he joined the high-performance unit at the Sydney Roosters.[10] He later became the strength and conditioning coach at the Parramatta Eels.[11]
References
- ↑ "NRL Stats - Ciriaco Mescia". Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "Bidgee Region". SportingPulse. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2005). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players - Wests Tigers. Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 1-920910-61-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mescia winds up career". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "Ciriaco Mescia". NRLstats.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "Ciriaco Mescia - Matches played in matches for the Wests Tigers". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "2009 Pratten Park Reunion". Noel Kelly's Kids. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "Ciriaco Mescia Matches played at hooker for NSW Country Origin". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "STEVE FOLKES JOINS WESTS TIGERS". weststigers.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ Andrew Webster (22 January 2010). "Senior Roosters confront Todd Carney in highly emotional meeting". Fox Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ Daniel Lane (12 June 2013). "Where there's Will there's a way for Eels". The Wimmera mail-Times. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Sources
- Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.