Paul Vaughan (rugby league)

Paul Vaughan
Vaughan playing for the Raiders in 2011.
Personal information
Nickname Vaughany,[1] Italian Stallion[2]
Born (1991-04-23) 23 April 1991
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Canberra Raiders 74 14 0 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Italy 3 0 0 0 0
2014–15 NSW Country 2 0 0 0 0
As of 23 April 2016
Source: [3]

Paul Vaughan (born 23 April 1991) is an Australian-born professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League. Vaughan is Italy and NSW Country Origin representative player who primarily plays as a prop and lock.

Background

Born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Vaughan is of Italian descent and played his junior football for the Gungahlin Bulls, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. Vaughan played for the Raiders NYC team in 2010 and 2011.[4] In 2012, Vaughan moved to the Raiders New South Wales Cup team, the Mount Pritchard Mounties, winning the Mounties' Player's Player award and being named on the interchange bench in the 2012 NSW Cup Team of the Year.

Playing career

2013

On 18 April 2013, Vaughan re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract to the end of the 2015 season.[5] In Round 7 of the 2013 NRL season, Vaughan made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders off the interchange bench against the North Queensland Cowboys in the Raiders 30-12 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium.[6] In Round 14 against the Penrith Panthers, Vaughan scored his first NRL career try in the Raiders 24-12 win at Canberra Stadium.[7] Vaughan finished the 2013 NRL season being named as the Raiders Rookie of the Year, playing in 18 matches and scoring a try in his debut year in the NRL.[8] In October 2013, Vaughan was named in the Italy 24-man squad for the 2013 World Cup, playing in all of their three matches.[9]

2014

In Round 7 against the Melbourne Storm, Vaughan scored a solo effort try in the 79th minute to win the match for the Raiders 24-22 at Canberra Stadium.[10] Vaughan earned selection in the NSW Country team in the City vs Country Origin match off the interchange, scoring a try in the 26-all draw in Dubbo.[11] Vaughan finished the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Raiders. On 10 September 2014, Vaughan re-signed with the Raiders until the end of the 2017 season.[12]

2015

On 3 May, Vaughan played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City in the 2015 City vs Country Origin match, playing off the interchange bench in Country's 34-22 win at Wagga Wagga.[13] In Round 20 against the Penrith Panthers, he scored his first career double in the Raiders' 34-24 win at Penrith Stadium.[14] He finished the 2015 season having played in all of the Raiders' 24 matches and scoring 4 tries.[15] On 8 September, he was named the 2015 Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but later pulled out due to injury.[16][17]

2016

On 30 January, Vaughan was named in the Raiders' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Paul Vaughan. Raiders.com.au. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  2. ↑ McGuinness, Simon (2013-09-24) Campese, Vaughan and Tomarchio named in Italian World Cup Squad – Canberra Raiders. Raiders.com.au. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Paul Vaughan - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  4. ↑ Paul Vaughan player results, scores, news and statistics. Rleague.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  5. ↑ "Raiders re-sign McIlwrick and Vaughan". NRL - Zero Tackle.
  6. ↑ "Matt Bowen Stars as North Queensland Cowboys Beat Canberra Raiders 30-12". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  7. ↑ "Raiders surge past Panthers". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ↑ "Canberra Raiders rookie Paul Vaughan likes the hue of NSW blue". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ↑ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". rlwc2013.com.
  10. ↑ "Last Gasp Payback as Storm Falls on Late Try". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  11. ↑ "Jamal Idris Stars in Thrilling City/Country Draw". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  12. ↑ "Paul Vaughan re-signs with Canberra Raiders until end of 2017". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  13. ↑ "Country overcome City in seesawing affair". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  14. ↑ "Raiders outlast Panthers in high-scoring clash". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  15. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (27 October 2015). "Custom Match List". rugbyleagueproject.org.
  16. ↑ "Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  17. ↑ "Kangaroos forward Josh Papalii one of four Raiders players ruled out of PM's XIII squad". Canberra Times.
  18. ↑ "Raiders name 2016 Nines squad". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-01-31.

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