Kaysa Pritchard

Kaysa Pritchard
Pritchard playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Parramatta Eels 21 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
As of 11 June 2016
Source: [1]

Kaysa Pritchard (born 5 May 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. A Samoan international representative, he plays at hooker.

Background

Born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Pritchard played his junior football for the Cabramatta Two Blues, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Pritchard is the younger brother of former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Frank Pritchard.[2]

Playing career

Early career

In 2012, Pritchard played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[3]

2013

In Round 8 of the 2013 NRL season, Pritchard made his NRL debut for the Eels against the North Queensland Cowboys. On 5 July 2013, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[4]

2014

On 3 May 2014, Pritchard played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team.[5] On 8 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[6] but didn't make the final 24-man squad.

2015

On 11 July, Pritchard re-signed with the Eels on a 1-year contract.[7]

2016

On 26 February, Pritchard re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[8] On 7 May, he made his international debut for Samoa against Tonga in the 2016 Polynesian Cup.[9] Later in the year he represented Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.

References

  1. "Kaysa Pritchard - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. "Parramatta Eel Kaysa Pritchard just grateful to be playing first grade". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531104806/http://rleague.com/players/Kaysa-Pritchard_3625/Matches/. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Eels announce re-signing of youth | NRL". Zerotackle .com. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. "NSW U20s ORIGIN SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  6. "Samoa train on squad announced | NRL". Zerotackle.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  7. "Eels Re-Sign Seven Players - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  8. "Eels re-sign young forwards". Zero Tackle. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  9. "Samoa too good for Tonga in fiery Pacific Test clash at Pirtek Stadium". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

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