Adam Brideson (born 17 April 1981) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
footballer who played in the 2000s for the
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...
.
Background
Brideson was born in
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...
, Queensland, Australia.
Playing career
Brideson played his Junior Football in the Toowoomba Rugby League Team for the Southern Suburbs Tigers, Brideson usually played in the
second row. Brideson made his debut for Canterbury against Canberra on 25 August 2002 and had played over 200 first grade games in Reserve Grade for the Club including being part of the 2002 reserve grade premiership winning team.
Post playing
Brideson was an Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador for the Australian Government and an Apprentice Mentor in the NRL's Trade UP with the NRL Program. Brideson coached the Wynnum Manly Seagulls to the Grand Final vs the Burleigh Bears in the 2019 QLD Intrust Super Cup.
References
External links
Bulldogs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brideson, Adam
1981 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Toowoomba
21st-century Australian sportsmen