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| Full name | Phillip Graham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1981-06-21)21 June 1981 (age 43) Tamworth,New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phillip Graham (born 21 June 1981) is an Australian former professionalrugby league footballer who played as acentre, winger andfullback for theCanberra Raiders,Sydney Roosters and theGold Coast Titans in theNRL.
Graham played 2 seasons for theRedcliffe Dolphins in theQueensland Cup before being signed by theCanberra Raiders in 2001.[2]
Graham won Canberra's rookie of the year award in 2002. In 2005, he was the Raiders' leading try-scorer. He played forCountry in the annual City vs Country match in 2007.[3]
Graham scored 68 tries in 111 games for Canberra. Graham should have had more tries to his name but his career was plagued by injuries. When fit and healthy, Graham was one of the quickest men in the game and had an uncanny knack of scoring long range intercept tries. In round 21, 2009 against Brisbane, Graham scored 4 tries, just one short of equalling the club record.
On Friday 11 September 2009, he agreed to a two-year deal with theSydney Roosters, becoming new coachBrian Smith's first recruit.[4]Graham played 23 games in his first season at theSydney Roosters but missed out on playing in the2010 NRL Grand Final due to injury.[5]
Graham signed with theGold Coast Titans for the 2012 NRL season. He made hisGold Coast Titans debut againstWests Tigers atSkilled Park in a 15-14 loss. Graham announced his retirement at the end of the2012 NRL season.
