Bryan Fletcher (rugby league)
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Full name | Bryan Fletcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 12 April 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryan Fletcher (born 12 April 1974) is an Australian former professional
Sydney Roosters
Fletcher's junior club was the
One of the highlights of Fletcher's Sydney Roosters career was his appearance at second-row forward in the
Fletcher achieved even more success in the 2002 season. He played for the Roosters from the interchange bench in their 30-8 win over the New Zealand Warriors in the 2002 NRL Grand Final in front of 80,130 fans at the Telstra Stadium. He scored the final try in the 74th minute in what was his 135th and final appearance for the red, white and blue, before moving to rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[5]
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Fletcher left the Roosters and moved to perennial strugglers the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2003. Fletcher was soon installed as the club's captain after signing due to his playing pedigree. In 2003 he won the George Piggins Medal as the club's best and fairest player of the season.[6]
The Rabbitohs' captaincy was stripped from him after an altercation on the pitch with Parramatta Eels player Dean Widders in which Fletcher made a racist comment towards Widders.[7] It turned out to be the turning point in the Rabbitohs' season, with Ashley Harrison taking the captaincy from him and the Rabbitohs winning most of their matches under him in a late season surge which saw them avoid a third consecutive wooden spoon.[8]
He later apologised for the event, saying: "I apologise unreservedly for comments that I made to Dean Widders in yesterday's game. The comments were totally unacceptable and for that I am sorry. "My actions have set a very poor example for kids who follow Rugby League and these types of comments cannot be tolerated in our game."[9]
Wigan Warriors
Before the scandal that led to Fletcher being stripped of his captaincy, banned for 1 game and fined A$10,000 he had agreed to a move to
Fletcher's début came against
Playing statistics
At the end of the 2007 Super League season, Bryan Fletcher retired from competitive rugby league. He had played in 125 games for the Sydney Roosters, 45 for Souths, and a further 55 for Wigan. He also played 2 games for City Origin, 14 State of Origin games for NSW and 13 Test and World Cup matches for Australia.
Personal life
He got married in 2003, to Britt Fletcher. Together they had 3 daughters, Scarlett, Maya, and Lucca. When he retired from playing in 2007, Fletcher and his business partner Craig Markham began a cleaning company called Cleanfit. The company cleans a number of pubs, clubs and office blocks in Sydney. It also allows Fletcher, who is a qualified plumber, to utilise his trade in order to help with the business.[10]
In 2013, Bryan Fletcher was a regular presenter on Channel 9's weekly football season program "The Footy Show". Fletcher presented the "Kick for Cash" segment.
In 2014, Bryan Fletcher joined Fox Sports "
In July 2018, Fletcher made the headlines after he was allegedly set up by an Uber driver buying cocaine. The Uber driver reportedly filmed Fletcher in a snapchat video saying "Look who I'm selling bags to …". Fletcher responded with "Don't say that, I don't know who this driver is, we're just hanging out it's Saturday night, I'm just in an Uber". Fletcher's manager Steve Gillis told the media "The driver asked him for a quick Snapchat video he's been set up. "Fletcher told me that he's never met the bloke, he just jumped in the back of his cab and driver pulled this stunt he's clearly been set up".[12]
In 2019, Bryan was chosen to be part of the core host ensemble for the Unibet Australia weekly television format program "At Odds".
Notes
- ^ "Bryan Fletcher - Career Stats & Summary". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Yesterday's Hero - Your Sporting Hero's - Bryan Fletcher - South Sydney, Sydney Roosters". 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Legends reveal truth behind famous Origin insult". News.com.au. 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Origin grenade 'a disgraceful show of disrespect' says Close". 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Club records". rabbitohs.com.au. South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2007. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ "Fletcher loses captaincy over race slur". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 4 July 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report - Bryan Fletcher". www.ssralmanac.com. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fletcher Apologises Unreservedly for Racial Comments". South Sydney Rabbitohs News. Retrieved 29 January 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "NRL Where are they now - Bryan Fletcher". Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Hindmarsh's new team suffers dismal defeat, then brays about stadium slant". The Daily Telegraph. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ Ben Graham (31 July 2018). "Footy star Bryan Fletcher says Snapchat drug video was a 'set-up'". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
External links
- Bryan Fletcher at IMDb
- NRL/Rabbitohs profile