Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Campbell-Gillard playing for the Panthers in 2014.
Personal information
Nickname Reggie[1]
Born (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015– Penrith Panthers 65 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Fiji 1 0 0 0 0
2015–16 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 7 April 2017
Source: [2]

Reagan Campbell-Gillard (born 27 July 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a prop.

Background

Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Campbell-Gillard is of Fijian descent through his mother, Georgina Campbell, who moved to Australia as a child.[3] He initially played his junior rugby league for the Rooty Hill Dragons, before joining the Windsor Wolves during his teenage years, where he was recruited by the Penrith Panthers to play in their S. G. Ball Cup team.[4]

Campbell-Gillard is the cousin of Sims brothers and fellow Fijian internationals Ashton Sims, Tariq Sims and Korbin Sims.[3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2012 and 2013, Campbell-Gillard played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[5] On 24 April 2013, he re-signed with the Panthers on a three-year contract.[6] On 27 August 2013, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.[7] In October 2013, he played for the Junior Kangaroos.[8] In 2014, he graduated to the Panthers' New South Wales Cup team. On 3 May 2014, Campbell-Gillard represented Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Samoa.

Penrith Panthers

In Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season, Campbell-Gillard made his NRL debut for the Panthers against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[9] On 3 May 2015, he played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country in the 2015 City vs Country Origin.[10] On 9 June 2015, he re-signed with the Panthers on a 4-year contract.[11] Campbell-Gillard scored his first NRL try against the New Zealand Warriors on 15 August.[12] On 26 September, he played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Reagan Campbell-Gillard - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  2. ↑ "Reagan Campbell-Gillard". Rugby League Project.
  3. 1 2 Pengilly, Adam (1 May 2015). "Penrith's next Mount Druitt prodigy Reagan Campbell-Gillard keeping peace on and off field". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Chammas, Michael (11 March 2015). "Why Penrith Panthers rookie Reagan Campbell-Gillard didn't play league for seven years". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Reagan Campbell-Gillard". Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Panthers re-sign talented youngsters - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  7. ↑ "2013 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  8. ↑ "Junior Kangaroos team named". NRL.com. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  9. ↑ "NRL 2015 - Round 1". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  10. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  11. ↑ "Reagan Campbell-Gillard signs new deal - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  12. ↑ Tarbert, Kristine (18 August 2015). "Panthers Reagan Campbell-Gillard looking to step up as Nigel Plum calls time on his career". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
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