Paul Vaughan (rugby league)

Paul Vaughan
Personal information
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
2013–16 Canberra Raiders 85 16 0 0 64
2017– St. George Illawarra 0 0 0 0 0
Total 85 16 0 0 64
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Italy 3 0 0 0 0
2014–16 NSW Country 3 0 0 0 0
As of 23 April 2016
Source: [1]

Paul Vaughan (born 23 April 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the St. George Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League. An Italy and NSW Country representative, he plays at prop and lock. Vaughan previously played for the Canberra Raiders

Background

Vaughan playing for the Raiders in 2011

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] In Round 14 against the Penrith Panthers, Vaughan scored his first NRL career try in the Raiders 24-12 win at Canberra Stadium.[5] 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.[6] In October 2013, Vaughan was named in the Italy 24-man squad for the 2013 World Cup, playing in all of their three matches.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] In Round 20 against the Penrith Panthers, he scored his first career double in the Raiders' 34-24 win at Penrith Stadium.[12] He finished the 2015 season having played in all of the Raiders' 24 matches and scoring 4 tries.[13] On 8 September, he was named the 2015 Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but later pulled out due to injury.[14][15]

2016

On 30 January 2016, Vaughan was named in the Raiders' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[16] On 8 May 2016, for the third year in a row, Vaughan played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City, where he played off the interchange bench in the 44-30 loss in Tamworth.[17] After Round 18, Vaughan was dropped to the Raiders NSW Cup team the Mount Pritchard Mounties after Coach Ricky Stuart opted to select the newly arrived prop Junior Paulo from the Parramatta Eels, rising youngster Joseph Tapine and late bloomer rookie Clay Priest to be part of the forwards rotation.[18] But after Clay Priest suffered a season ending ankle injury, Vaughan beat out overlooked veteran forwards Shaun Fensom and Jeff Lima to fill in the vacant spot on the interchange bench for the Finals.[19] Vaughan finished the 2016 NRL season playing 20 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Canberra Raiders. On 15 October 2016, it was announced that Vaughan signed a 3-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons worth $1.75m, starting from 2017 and will see him at the club until 2019.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Vaughan - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  2. ↑ Paul Vaughan player results, scores, news and statistics. Rleague.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Raiders re-sign McIlwrick and Vaughan". NRL - Zero Tackle.
  4. ↑ "Matt Bowen Stars as North Queensland Cowboys Beat Canberra Raiders 30-12". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Raiders surge past Panthers". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. ↑ "Canberra Raiders rookie Paul Vaughan likes the hue of NSW blue". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ↑ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". rlwc2013.com.
  8. ↑ "Last Gasp Payback as Storm Falls on Late Try". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  9. ↑ "Jamal Idris Stars in Thrilling City/Country Draw". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  10. ↑ "Paul Vaughan re-signs with Canberra Raiders until end of 2017". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ↑ "Country overcome City in seesawing affair". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  12. ↑ "Raiders outlast Panthers in high-scoring clash". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  13. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (27 October 2015). "Custom Match List". rugbyleagueproject.org.
  14. ↑ "Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  15. ↑ "Kangaroos forward Josh Papalii one of four Raiders players ruled out of PM's XIII squad". Canberra Times.
  16. ↑ "Raiders name 2016 Nines squad". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  17. ↑ "Young City side stun Country". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  18. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/raiders/nrl-2016-raiders-ceo-don-furner-admits-paul-vaughan-shaun-fensom-could-be-forced-elsewhere/news-story/273ebca201e8de02354372564f9b8016
  19. ↑ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/nrl-finals-canberra-raiders-heartbreak-as-clay-priest-breaks-ankle-at-training-20160915-grgxau.html
  20. ↑ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/canberra-raiders-prop-paul-vaughan-accepts-st-george-dragons-offer-20161015-gs33nz.html
  21. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons-confirm-signing-of-former-canberra-raiders-star-paul-vaghan/news-story/3bb5ea89d4c15c26170fb6a8b3098dc3

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