Liam Knight
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| Knight playing for the Sea Eagles in 2015. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 15 January 1995 Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | |||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016 | Manly Sea Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017– | Sydney Roosters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| As of 4 July 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Liam Knight (born 15 January 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and prop. He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Background
Born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Knight moved to New South Wales at a young age and played his junior rugby league for The Entrance Tigers and Berkeley Vale Panthers. He was then signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
Playing career
Early career
From 2013 to 2015, Knight played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles' NYC team.[2] On 8 July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.[3]
2016
In 2016, Knight graduated to the Sea Eagles' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.[4] In March, he re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 1-year contract.[5] In Round 15 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Gold Coast Titans.[6][7] In September, he was released from the final year of his Sea Eagles contract to take up a 3-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting in 2017.[8][9]
Controversy
On 16 March 2016, Knight was charged with high range drink driving and exceeding the speed limit. Police claimed to have clocked him doing 137 kilometres per hour in a 70 kilometre zone. Knight was arrested, before being subjected to a breath test where he returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.176. He was also issued with a license suspension notice and his license was immediately confiscated. He was then stood down by the Sea Eagles.[10]
References
- ↑ "Liam Knight - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "K". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ↑ NRL. "TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership Rd 1". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "Manly re-sign rising star Liam Knight". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "Updated team lists: Titans v Sea Eagles". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ NRL. "NRL Late Mail". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ SMH.com.au (2016-02-14). "Knight signs with Roosters". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ↑ Roosters.com.au. "Roosters announce signing of two players". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ↑ "Manly Sea Eagles' Liam Knight charged with speeding and high-range drink driving". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-06-20.