Trent Merrin

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Trent Merrin
Personal information
Born (1989-10-07) 7 October 1989 (age 34)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–15 St. George Illawarra 135 13 0 0 52
2016– Penrith Panthers 10 2 0 0 8
Total 145 15 0 0 60
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–13 Country Origin 3 0 0 0 0
2011–15 New South Wales 13 1 0 0 4
2015 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
2015 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Trent Merrin (born 7 October 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a lock, second-row and prop and previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, winning the 2010 NRL Grand Final with them..

Playing career

Merrin grew up playing rugby league with the Shellharbour Sharks like fellow front-row forward at the Dragons, Dan Hunt. Merrin claims another Shellharbour legend, Australian representative Luke Bailey, was "one of [his] idols growing up".[2]

In 2008, Merrin played for the Dragons Under 20s team in the Toyota Cup, scoring two tries for the season. He was selected as the Dragons' Toyota Cup Player of the Year in 2008, and in 2009 was selected to play First Grade for the Dragons, being chosen on the interchange bench.[3] He did not manage a single minute in the match which the Dragons won 25-12.

He was a prominent squad member of the 2010 premiership-winning Dragons team, and came from the bench to play in 2010 NRL Grand Final's final minutes. In May 2011, he was selected on the bench for New South Wales for Game 1 of the 2011 State of Origin series. He was selected for the second match but was then dropped for the decider. On 2 March 2015, Merrin signed a 3-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2016.[4]

On 15 September 2015, it was announced that Merrin would captain a representative team for the first time. On 26 September 2015, he led the Prime Minister's XIII in their 2015 clash with Papua New Guinea.[5][6]

He is currently engaged to World Champion surfer Sally Fitzgibbons.

Career highlights

References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
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External links

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