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Michael Young (rugby league)
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Michael Young was an Australia
n professional rugby league
footballer for the Newcastle Knights
of the National Rugby League
. He played as a hooker and was used as a utility player.
He recently married Rebecca Anderson (now Rebecca Young) who plays at inside centre for the Australian Women's rugby union team, the 'Wallaroos'.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional rugby league
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 Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
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...
. He played as a hooker and was used as a utility player.
He recently married Rebecca Anderson (now Rebecca Young) who plays at inside centre for the Australian Women's rugby union team, the 'Wallaroos'.