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Ashley Graham (rugby league)
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Ashley Graham is an Australian rugby league
player for the North Queensland Cowboys
in the National Rugby League
competition. He plays mainly as a winger.
Graham played junior football for the Cairns Kangaroos but started his first-grade career in Sydney
with the Parramatta Eels
. He moved back to north Queensland for the 2006 season to sign for the Cowboys. In 2007 Graham was named the Cowboys' most improved player, after a season in which he scored 18 tries in 22 matches.
In 2011, the Cowboys named him as the club's player of the season. In August 2011, NRL and Nine Network
journalist Lelia McKinnon named Graham as the most underrated player in the NRL, noting the disproportionality between his competition-leading 2702 metres gained, and his then 34-word wikipedia article. He was the club's top try-scorer for the season (12) and led his team-mates in hit-ups (417).
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...
player for the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
in 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...
competition. He plays mainly as a winger.
Graham played junior football for the Cairns Kangaroos but started his first-grade career in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
with the 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...
. He moved back to north Queensland for the 2006 season to sign for the Cowboys. In 2007 Graham was named the Cowboys' most improved player, after a season in which he scored 18 tries in 22 matches.
In 2011, the Cowboys named him as the club's player of the season. In August 2011, NRL and Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
journalist Lelia McKinnon named Graham as the most underrated player in the NRL, noting the disproportionality between his competition-leading 2702 metres gained, and his then 34-word wikipedia article. He was the club's top try-scorer for the season (12) and led his team-mates in hit-ups (417).