Anthony Cherrington
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Anthony Cherrington is a professional rugby league
footballer for the Sydney Roosters
of the National Rugby League
.
Cherrington played junior rugby league for the Paddington-Woolahra Tigers. He spent most of the 2007 season in the premier league. At the end of 2007 he was selected for the Junior Kiwis.
On the 13 May 2008 he was named on the bench for his first grade debut against Parramatta Eels
with Craig Fitzgibbon
, Anthony Tupou
, Willie Mason
and Nate Myles
out of the team for State of Origin
.
Cherrington was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
but he was not seleced to play.
Unfortunately in the 2010 pre-season Cherrington suffered a serious injury which would sideline him for the entire season. Another serious knee injury, this time to his other knee, also wiped him out of the 2011 season.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer for the Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
of the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
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Cherrington played junior rugby league for the Paddington-Woolahra Tigers. He spent most of the 2007 season in the premier league. At the end of 2007 he was selected for the Junior Kiwis.
On the 13 May 2008 he was named on the bench for his first grade debut against Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...
with Craig Fitzgibbon
Craig Fitzgibbon
Craig "Fitzy" Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Hull in the European Super League and previously the Sydney Roosters of the NRL. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he is the son of former rugby league player and...
, Anthony Tupou
Anthony Tupou
Anthony Tupou is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League...
, Willie Mason
Willie Mason
William Marshall "Willie" Mason is an Australian professional rugby union footballer for Toulon in the Top 14 competition, having previously being a rugby league footballer for Hull KR in the European Super League.Mason signed a 3-year contract with Hull KR in September 2010, pending a successful...
and Nate Myles
Nate Myles
Nate Myles is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Sydney Roosters of the NRL. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he previously played for the Bulldogs club...
out of the team for State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
.
Cherrington was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
but he was not seleced to play.
Unfortunately in the 2010 pre-season Cherrington suffered a serious injury which would sideline him for the entire season. Another serious knee injury, this time to his other knee, also wiped him out of the 2011 season.