Английская Википедия:Brandon Wakeham
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Brandon Wakeham (born 11 January 1999) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a Шаблон:Rlp or Шаблон:Rlp for Blacktown Workers in the NSW Cup. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wests Tigers.
Background
Wakeham was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Fijian and Lebanese descent.[1]
He played his junior rugby league for Chester Hill Hornets.
Playing career
2019
He made his international debut for Fiji in their 56-14 victory vs Lebanon in the 2019 Pacific Test, where he scored 20 points in the match.[2]
In round 15 of the 2019 NRL season, Wakeham made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs off the interchange bench in his sides 14-12 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Wakeham played majority of the game at five-eighth after Kieran Foran left the field in the early stages due to injury.
2020
Wakeham played a total of 16 appearances for Canterbury in the 2020 NRL season. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the Wooden Spoon by for and against.[3]
2021
In round 7 of the 2021 NRL season, Wakeham became the first ever 18th man to take the field after Canterbury-Bankstown suffered a concussion which invoked the new 18th man rule which had been brought in by the NRL.[4]
Wakeham made a total of eight appearances as Canterbury claimed the wooden spoon.[5]
2022
On 1 June, Wakeham was suspended for four matches after being found guilty of eye gouging St. George Illawarra's Tyrell Sloan during a NSW Cup game at Belmore Sports Ground. He played a total of eight games for the club in the 2022 NRL season.[6] Wakeham captained Canterbury's NSW Cup team in their grand final loss to Penrith at the Western Sydney Stadium.[7]
2023
On 24 January, Wakeham signed a one-year deal to join the Wests Tigers ahead of the 2023 NRL season.[8] Wakeham played a total of 15 games for the Wests Tigers in the 2023 NRL season with 2 tries and 8 try assists and kicking 27/33 goals as the club finished with the Wooden Spoon for a second straight year.[9]
2024
On 9 January 2024, it was announced that he would join Blacktown Workers for 2024.[10][11]
Controversy
On 25 June 2021, Wakeham was one of three Canterbury players who were ordered to self-isolate after attending a Covid-19 exposure site in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. The NRL had ordered players of all 16 teams a week earlier not to attend any restaurants, clubs or bars in the Waverley Local Government area.[12]
References
External links
Шаблон:Manly Sea Eagles squad Шаблон:Fiji 2021 Rugby League World Cup squad
- Английская Википедия
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian people of Fijian descent
- Australian people of Lebanese descent
- Blacktown Workers players
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
- Fiji national rugby league team players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Wests Tigers players
- Western Suburbs Magpies NSW Cup players
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