| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Laffranchi | |
| Date of birth | 16 November 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia | |
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 0 lb) | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Second-Row | |
| Current club | Gold Coast Titans | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Murwillumbah Colts | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 2001–2006 2007– |
 Wests Tigers Gold Coast Titans |
102 (72) 30 (44) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2008 2008 |
 Country Origin New South Wales |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Anthony Laffranchi (born 16 November 1980 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Murwillumbah is a very pretty town of approximately 10000 people in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based on the Gold Coast in Queensland. His position of choice is at Second Row though he can also play lock. He was educated at Mt St Patrick College where he excelled in all sports; particularly rugby league.
Laffranchi has been one of the stand-out players in the NRL in the 2007 season leading the competition in Hit-Ups, Tackles and Offloads before missing 4 weeks due to injury and was unlucky to miss out on selection for a Blues jersey in State of Origin game One. The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues
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Career highlights
- Junior Club: Murwillumbah Colts
- First Grade Debut: Round 26, Wests Tigers v Sharks at Leichhardt Oval, September 2, 2001
- First Grade Record: 116 appearances scoring 22 tries (Total: 88 points)
- First Grade Clubs: 102 appearances for Wests Tigers (18 tries, 72 points) 2001-2006, 30 appearances for Gold Coast Titans (11 tries, 44 points) 2007, 2008
- Representative Teams: NSW Blues (State of Origin), 2007 (1 try, 4 points), City Country Match 2008 (1 try, 4 points)
Controversy
On March 6, 2007, New South Wales police charged Anthony Laffranchi with the sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sexual assault is any Assault of a sexual nature on another person The charge was dismissed by a magistrate in April 2008. [1]
2008
After an outstanding performace with the new found Gold Coast Titans in 2007 and a solid performance in 2008, Laffranchi was selected to play for the City Country Game representing Country, in which he was awarded Man of the Match. Laffranchi has been selected for NSW State of Origin Game 1.
Laffranchi came off the bench in State of Origin and was a success as an interchange. Scoring the winning try off a Mark Gasnier line break and leading the tackle count (40) for NSW.
See also
References
- ^ Laffranchi cleared of rape charge April 23, 2008, FOX Sports News
External links
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