Ryan Millard
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1987 Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | five-eighth, halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | Rochdale Hornets | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009–15 | Fiji | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: VB New South Wales Cup – 2009 Rochdale - 2014 | ||||||
Ryan Millard (born 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]
Biography
His elder brother Daryl Millard plays for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Australian National Rugby 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]
Career
Domestic
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]
International
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]
He was a late call-up to Fiji's 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad after John Sutton was ruled out before the tournament.[23]
Following the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Millard followed in the footsteps of other Fijians and was signed by Hornets CEO Ryan Bradley for Rochdale Hornets [24]
On May 2, 2015, Ryan played for Fiji in the Melanesian Cup test-match.
References
- ↑ "PNG and Fiji finalise squads for Pacific Cup". NRL. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - 1 2 "Millard eyes Bati". Fiji Times. 03-01-2010. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - 1 2 3 "Daryl Neville, Joel Greig and Shane Millard confirmed as AFRL Coaches". Australian Fijian Rugby League. 10-03-2009. Retrieved 08-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "National Team Committee". AMNRL. 2003. Retrieved 08-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Brown, Alex (12-09-2006). "Dragons ball boy now carrying his side's hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "USA Tomahawks ready to take on Samoa". RLCup. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 08-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Ryan Millard". NSWRL. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "NRL finals teams". Daily Telegraph. 12-09-2006. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "BULLDOGS BACK TO THE 'FAMILY CLUB'". rleague.com. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "NRL News". NRL Club Analysis. 2006-08-24. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 08-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Newtown Jets – NSW CUP – 2009 player gallery". Newtown Jets. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FIJI SQUAD FOR CABRAMATTA WORLD NINES". rleague.com. 06-02-2009. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Shellharbour City Dragons". NSWRL. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Junior Kangaroos pip past Fiji". Sydney Morning Herald. 05-10-2007. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Fiji scare junior Kangaroos". League Central. 05-10-2007. Retrieved 06-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Bati pencil in new Newcastle pace ace Uate". Fiji Times Online. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Fijian preliminary squad". RLWC08.com. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ↑ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ↑ "Waqa to lead Australian Fijians on tour". FijiLive. 2009-09-27. Retrieved 08-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Comeback win against Fiji for the Cook Islands" (PDF). Rugby League Review. October 2009. Retrieved 12-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Hayne PC Medal to 2009 awards list". rleague.com. 03-02-2010. Retrieved 08-04-2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Millard intends to make most of his second coming". Sydney Morning Herald. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ http://www.fijivillage.com/?mod=story&id=081013fa3bcd94af02ccbb50ed43af
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/9116034/championship-one-rochdale-sign-fiji-international-playmaker-ryan-millard