Adam Perry
Australian rugby league footballer
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Adam Perry (born 29 May 1979) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 1990s and 2000s for Canterbury-Bankstown in the NRL, with whom he won the 2004 NRL premiership.
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| Full name | Adam Perry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1979 Junee, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Perry was born in Junee, New South Wales, Australia of English descent.
Playing career
Perry spent his entire nine-year first-grade career with Canterbury. Perry played for them in their 2004 NRL grand final victory over cross-town rivals, the Sydney Roosters. As 2004 NRL premiers, Canterbury faced Super League IX champions, Leeds in the 2005 World Club Challenge. Perry played at hooker in Canterbury's 32–39 loss.[2]
Ongoing knee injuries forced Perry to retire from the NRL in 2007 at the age of 28. Perry was captain-coach of his home-town club Junee Diesels for two years in the Group 9 competition of the New South Wales Country Rugby League. Perry was a co-coach for Group 9 club Wagga Brothers and is also was a development officer with the CRL.[3] Perry was assistant coach at the Gundagai Tigers in 2018 when they won the Group 9 premiership, and become head coach of that club from late September 2018.[4]