Slade Griffin

Slade Griffin
Griffin playing for the Storm-Sharks combined team in 2013.
Personal information
Nickname Nugget
Born (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991
Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Melbourne Storm 11 0 0 0 0
As of 18 June 2016
Source: [1]

Slade Griffin (born 17 January 1991) is an Australian-born New Zealand professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays hooker and lock.

Background

Born in Glen Innes, New South Wales, Griffin played his junior football for the Cobden-Kohinoor Keas, before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.

Playing career

Early career

From 2009 to 2011, Griffin played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team, scoring 13 tries in 46 games,[2] before moving on to the Storm's New South Wales Cup team, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2012.

2013

In Round 1 of the 2013 NRL season, Griffin made his NRL debut for the Storm against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[3]

2014

In 2014 he received a two match suspension from the NRL after being found to have placed a bet on NRL matches.[4]

References

  1. "Slade Griffin - Career Stats & Summary". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110502100832/http://www.rleague.com/db/player/g/griffin_slade/index.php. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130605034711/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news-display/Round-1-Late-Mail/69624. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "NRL to look at injury disclosure after gambling suspensions". Theage.com.au. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-18.


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