Tyrone Peachey

Tyrone Peachey
Peachey playing for the Sharks in 2012.
Personal information
Born (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Cronulla-Sutherland 7 1 0 0 4
2014– Penrith Panthers 44 9 0 0 36
Total 51 10 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–16 Indigenous All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
2015 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Tyrone Peachey (born 8 August 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at second-row and lock, but can also fill in at five-eighth an previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Background

Born in Wellington, New South Wales, Peachey is an Indigenous Australian and played his junior football for the Wellington Cowboys and Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks, before being signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Peachey played for the Sharks' NYC team in 2010 and 2011.[2] At the end of 2011, Peachey was named at lock in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year.[3]

Peachey is the nephew of former Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs player David Peachey.[4]

Playing career

2013

In Round 10 of the 2013 NRL season, Peachey made his NRL debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks off the interchange bench in the 30-20 win against the Canberra Raiders at Remondis Stadium.[5] On 17 June 2013, Peachey signed a 2-year deal with the Penrith Panthers from the 2014 season.[6] Peachey scored his first NRL career try in his last match for the Sharks in the 38-18 win against the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium.[7] Peachey played 7 in matches and scored 1 try for the Sharks in his debut season in the 2013 NRL season. On 22 September 2013, Peachey was named at lock in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[8]

2014

In February 2014, Peachey was selected in the Panthers inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.[9] In Round 1 against the Newcastle Knights, Peachey made his club debut with for Penrith Panthers off the interchange bench in the Panthers 30-8 win at Penrith Stadium.[10] In Round 12 against the Parramatta Eels at Penrith Stadium, Peachey scored his first and second tries for the Panthers in the 38-12 win.[11] Peachey's strong start to the season for the Panthers finished in Round 18 against the Brisbane Broncos at Penrith Stadium after he suffered a season ending pectoral tear injury in the Panthers last minute 35-34 win.[12] Peachey finished off his debut year with the Panthers in 2014 NRL season with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 tries.

2015

On 13 February, Peachey played at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars against the NRL All Stars in the 2015 All Stars match at Cbus Super Stadium, the Indigenous side winning 20-6.[13][14] On 3 May, he played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country, playing at lock in City's 34-22 loss at Wagga Wagga.[15][16] He finished off the 2015 season having played in 22 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Panthers.[17] On 26 September, he played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea, playing off the interchange bench in his team's 40-12 win in Port Moresby.[18][19] On 15 December, he was named on the interchange bench for the Indigenous All Stars team to play against the World All Stars on 13 February 2016.[20]

2016

On 13 February, Peachey again played for the Indigenous All Stars against the new World All Stars, playing off the interchange bench in his team's 8-12 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Tyrone Peachey - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20150713181857/http://rleague.com/players/Tyrone-Peachey_2929/Matches/. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Toyota Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  4. ↑ "Tyrone Peachey Nephew of David Peachey Set to Make NRL Debut". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  5. ↑ Jon Tuxworth. "Raiders fume at crucial call". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  6. ↑ "Tyrone Peachey Signs With Penrith Panthers". Triplem.com.au. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  7. ↑ Jon Tuxworth (2013-09-08). "Understrength Sharks take five to end Raiders’ season". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20140111155627/http://www.nswrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=84880&title=2013-nswrlcomau-vb-nsw-cup-team-of-the-year---announcement. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  10. ↑ "Panthers Belt Wounded Knights". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  11. ↑ "Soward Shines As Panthers Maul Eels". Rugby League Week. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  12. ↑ "Peachey'S Pec Pain". Rugby League Week. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  13. ↑ "Panthers Matt Moylan and Tyrone Peachey Prepare for NRL and Indigenous All Stars". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  14. ↑ "The Indigenous All Stars Have Beaten the NRL Stars 20-6". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  15. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  16. ↑ "Country overcome City in seesawing affair". NRL.com. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  17. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  18. ↑ "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  19. ↑ Tom Decent. "Australian Prime Minister's XIII beat Papua New Guinea 40-12 in Port Moresby". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  20. ↑ "Teams named for NRL All Stars match". NRL.com. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  21. ↑ Chris Garry (13 February 2016). "World All Stars defeat Indigenous All Stars 12-8 at Suncorp Stadium". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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