Craig Garvey (born 28 April 1993) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays for the

Glebe Dirty Reds The Glebe Dirty Reds are an Australian rugby league foundation club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League, New South Wales Rugby Football League's New South Wales Rugby League premiership, Sydney premiership, the major competition for ...

in the

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. He previously played for the

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

and

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 ...

, was part of the

Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugb ...

squad for 2018 and a short-term member of the

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

for 2019.

Background

Garvey was born in

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, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for the Earlwood Saints and La Perouse Panthers, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

In 2012 and 2013, Garvey played for the

' NYC team.

2013

In 2013, Garvey captained St. George's NYC side. On 20 April, he played for the

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under-20s team against the

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under-20s team. On 1 May, he re-signed with St. George Illawarra on a two-year contract. In round 17 of the

2013 NRL season The 2013 NRL season was the 106th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia. The National Rugby League's main competition, named the 2013 Telstra Premiership after major sponsors Telstra Corporation, was contested by sixt ...

, he made his

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debut for St. George Illawarra against the

2014

Garvey was named in the St. George squad for the

2014 NRL Auckland Nines The 2014 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the first NRL Auckland Nines tournament, contested between all sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The draw was released on 30 October 2013 ...

. On 28 February, Garvey was stood down by St. George, later being found to have been guilty to assaulting a man. On 16 December, after consultation and approval from the NRL, St. George Illawarra reinstated him into the full-time first-grade squad. Craig Garvey

2015

On 31 January and 1 February 2015, Garvey played for St. George Illawarra in the

2015 NRL Auckland Nines The 2015 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the second NRL Auckland Nines tournament, contested between all sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The draw was released on 16 September 20 ...

. On 3 November, Garvey signed a two-year contract with the

Canterbury-Bankstown 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 ...

starting in 2016.

2016

On 13 February, Garvey played for the Indigenous All Stars against the

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. Garvey was named in the Bulldogs'

2016 NRL Auckland Nines The 2016 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Downer NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the third NRL Auckland Nines competition. It was held on 6–7 February 2016 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. As with previous tournaments, it wa ...

squad.

2017

Garvey was named in the Canterbury-Bankstown squad for the

2017 NRL Auckland Nines The 2017 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Downer NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the fourth NRL Auckland Nines competition. It was held on 4–5 February 2017 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Just like previous tournaments, it ...

2018

In late 2017, Garvey signed a contract to join the

for the 2018 season. Garvey was unable to break into Canberra's first team and spent the majority of the season playing for their feeder team the

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. On 1 August, Garvey was released by Canberra with the player citing family reasons as to why the contract was ended.

2019

In 2019, Garvey signed a contract to join reigning premiers the

2024

On 14 September, Garvey played in Glebe's

grand final victory over Wentworthville.

References

External links

Sydney Roosters profileCanberra Raiders profileNRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garvey, Craig 1993 births Living people Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Illawarra Cutters players Indigenous All Stars players 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Rugby league hookers St. George Illawarra Dragons players Rugby league players from Sydney 21st-century Australian sportsmen