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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Peter Wallace | |
| Date of birth | 16 October 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 9 lb) | |
| Nickname(s) | Wal, Braveheart, Ginger, William, Robot | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back / Five-Eighth | |
| Current club | Brisbane Broncos | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| St Marys-Penrith Cougars Lower Mountains |
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| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 2007 2008– Totals |
Penrith Panthers Brisbane Broncos |
20 (18) 7 (18) 27 (36) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2008 2008 Totals |
City Origin New South Wales |
1 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Peter Wallace (born 16 October 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian professional rugby league player. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 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 He plays for the Brisbane Broncos and previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional Rugby league football team He plays in the halves.
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Early life
Wallace was born in Victoria and later moved to Blaxland, New South Wales at a young age where he attended Blaxland East Public School and began playing rugby league. Blaxland is a town in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.
Playing career
Junior Years
Despite claims Wallace is a St Marys junior, he started playing for Lower Mountains JRLC before moving to St Marys JRLC.
Penrith Panthers
Wallace was the subject of controversy when he was dropped to NSWRL Premier League in Round 15 of the NRL competition. The New South Wales Cup or VB New South Wales Cup (for sponsorship reasons is a Rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales Penrith coach Matthew Elliott moved Wallace to the premier league on what he claimed to be poor form. Matthew Elliott (born 8 December, 1964) is an Australian former Rugby league player and is the current coach of the Penrith Panthers However Wallace had earned a man of the match award only two weeks before, but had a poor game the week later. The controversy came when claims were made that Wallace was dropped due to the fact that he had signed with the Broncos, but team-mate Joel Clinton, who was also Broncos bound, wasn't dropped. Joel Clinton (born 8 December, 1981 in Riverstone New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer There were rumours from the media, that Wallace wanted out of the Penrith Panthers to go to Brisbane mid-season. Wallace denied these claims, and wanted to fulfill his contract with the Panthers, even if it was in premier league.
It remains unclear how the move to the Broncos came about. [1]
Brisbane Broncos
Wallace's career at the Broncos started in 2008. He guided his new club to a first round defeat of the Panthers, before picking up consecutive "Man of The Match" awards in his next two matches, also wins for Brisbane.
Representaive career
Wallace was selected for the City vs Country Origin match in 2008. In May, 2008, Wallace was selected as halfback for New South Wales for game I of State of Origin on 21 May at ANZ Stadium. 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 Stadium Australia, presently known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose Stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct of Homebush, Sydney With his first touch of the ball, he made a line break. He also had a hand in two tries and placed a pin point accurate kick for Anthony Quinn to score the second try of the night. He made only one error and took many hits from Queensland players, racking up 29 tackles. In a preformance that many believed should have got him a "Man-of-the-Match" award, he earned wide regard as a long term halfback for NSW since the retirement of Andrew Johns.
Footnotes
- ^ Wallace forced to leave Panthers. Fox Sports (2008-03-16). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
External links
- Peter Wallace at the Brisbane Broncos official website. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland.
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