Casey McGuire
Nambour, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 6 ft 0 in (184 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 7 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Hooker, Five-eighth, Halfback, Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Casey McGuire (born 24 January 1980) is an Australian former professional
.Early life
Born 24 January 1980 in
Professional career
Parramatta Eels
McGuire made his
Brisbane Broncos
The next season, he returned to Queensland to play for the Brisbane Broncos. At Brisbane, he was a utility player, normally used in games from the bench. In the 2002 NRL season, he played in Brisbane's preliminary final defeat against eventual premiers the Sydney Roosters. McGuire subsequently played in the club's 2004 and 2005 finals campaigns.
McGuire played from the interchange bench in the
Queensland
He was selected for the
Super League
McGuire missed the Broncos' 2007 World Club Challenge appearance due to his move to France to play in the Super League for Catalans Dragons. Having initially started playing stand-off at Catalans Dragons, McGuire increasingly found himself playing at hooker and sharing much of the creative responsibilities with Adam Mogg and Thomas Bosc. had also been named in the France squad for the Four Nations tournament, qualifying under the three-year residency rule, but did not play.[4]
Return to Australia
McGuire returned to Australia and the club where he made his NRL comeback with his first club, the Parramatta Eels for the 2011 season, playing as five-eighth. McGuire played 21 games in 2011 for Parramatta as the club narrowly avoided the wooden spoon.[5]
A pectoral muscle injury during the
References
- ^ "Casey mcguire – Parramatta Eels". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ NRL Stats [permanent dead link]
- ^ Tuxworth, By Jon (8 October 2009). "Sacre bleu! McGuire in French squad". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans to avoid wooden spoon for 2011". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney.
- ^ "Season review: Parramatta Eels". National Rugby League. 2 October 2012.