Eganell Ray Butcher (born 5 August 2000) is a professional

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footballer who plays as a er or for 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 ...

in the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...

(NRL).

Background

Egan Butcher played his junior rugby league for South Eastern Seagulls in the

South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League The South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League is an affiliation of junior clubs in the South Sydney area. History When the South Sydney Rabbitohs first entered the NSWRL competition as South Sydney in 1908, Souths would become neighbo ...

competition. Younger sibling of Nat Butcher he followed his brother to the

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and was a star performer in the S.G. Ball and

Jersey Flegg Harry "Jersey" Flegg (6 April 1878 in Bolton, Lancashire23 August 1960 in North Sydney, New South Wales) was an English-Australian rugby league player and administrator, who was a leading figure in the birth of the sport in Australia. Flegg em ...

competitions in 2018. Egan Butcher has spent his last few pre-seasons with the

impressing his coaches and peers.

Playing career

2021

Butcher began the 2021 season playing for

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in the

NSW Cup The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve ...

. In round 12 of the

2021 NRL season The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year. Regular season Ladd ...

, Butcher made his first grade debut for the

against

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. Butcher played a total of 15 games for the

in the

including the club's two finals matches. The

would be eliminated from the second week of the finals losing to Manly 42–6.

2022

Butcher made 12 appearances for the Sydney Roosters in the

2022 NRL season The 2022 NRL season was the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest ...

as the club finished sixth on the table. Butcher played in the Sydney Roosters elimination final loss to arch-rivals South Sydney which ended their season.

2023

Butcher played 21 games for the Sydney Roosters in the

2023 NRL season The 2023 NRL season was the 116th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League. The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, the longest in league history, followed by a finals series ...

including both of the clubs finals matches which saw them eliminated in the second week against Melbourne.

2024

In round 5 of the

2024 NRL season The 2024 NRL season was the 117th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, followed by a finals series contested by the top eight ...

, Butcher scored two tries for the Sydney Roosters in their 30-26 loss against Canterbury. Butcher would be ruled out for the rest of the season after he tore his ACL during the Roosters round 12 win against the Canberra Raiders.

2025

On 31 January the Roosters announced that Butcher had re-signed with the club until the end of 2027.

Statistics

References

External links

Sydney Roosters profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Butcher, Egan 2000 births Living people Australian rugby league players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Sydney Roosters players 21st-century Australian sportsmen