Haydn Peacock (born 5 February 1991) is an Ireland international professional

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player, often playing as a early in his career, but more recently as a . Born in Australia, he played for the

Cronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league compet ...

between 2006 and 2012 before signing with the

South Wales Scorpions The South Wales Scorpions, known as the South Wales Ironmen in 2017, were a semi-professional rugby league club based in South Wales. They played in the third tier of the British rugby league system The British rugby league system is based on ...

for 2013. He has played in France for

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in 2013-14 followed by

AS Carcassonne Association Sportive of Carcassonne are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Carcassonne in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in the south of France. They play in the French Super XIII and are one of th ...

since 2014, and international matches for

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since October 2014.

Early life

Peacock was born in

Greenacre, New South Wales Greenacre is a suburb in Sydney, located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Most of Greenacre is in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, while a part ...

, a suburb of

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, and grew up in Yarrawarrah. His grandparents emigrated to Australia and he holds an Irish passport, therefore being eligible for Ireland

Domestic rugby

He played for

Yarrawarrah Tigers The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League (Cronulla-Sutherland District Junior Rugby Football League in the case of junior football) is an amateur competition for rugby league clubs in and around the Sutherland Shire district of S ...

from ages 8 to 17 alongside teammates Stewart Mills and

Chad Townsend Chad Townsend (born 10 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks from 2011-2013 as a ...

, he began with

in 2007 playing

Harold Matthews Cup The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 17. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up ...

and signing his first contract that same year before moving up through the grades. In 2012, he played in an NRL trial match against the Manly Sea Eagles. He signed for

in 2013, and played one season in the Championship 1 which plays throughout England and Wales. He moved to France in August 2013, and joined

and then

in 2014. He suffered a

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in a tackle while playing for Carcassonne against

Saint-Estève Saint-Estève (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Saint-Estève is in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also *Communes of the Pyréné ...

XIII Catalan XIII Catalan is a rugby league team from Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of southern France. They were founded in 1934, and thus were founding members of the French rugby league championship. In 2000 their senior team merged with ...

, the reserve team of

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

, on 7 February 2016. He had scored the first try of the match in the first half, but was substituted at half time when the extent of his injury became clear, and his team eventually lost. The partial dismemberment required 11 stitches, but he played in the next match with protective strapping.

International career

Peacock qualifies for the

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through his grandparents. He scored two tries on his international debut in the

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against France on 18 October 2014, and then scored against Scotland on 2 November 2014. He also played for Ireland in the

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. In 2016 he was called up to the

squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.

References

Haydn Peacock
Scorpions players

rugbyleagueproject.org
Haydn Peacock
loverugbyleague.com
Yarrawarrah Tigers Junior Rugby League Football Club

Rugby League: Scorpions sign Haydn Peacock
WalesOnline, 22 November 2012
Ireland 22 France 12
Rugby League Ireland, 18 October 2014
Wales 14 Ireland 46
Wales Rugby League, 2 November 2014
St Estève XIII Catalan vs ASC (fiche technique)
, AS Carcassonne, 7 February 2016
Haydn’s in the grip of another promising season
French Footy, 11 March 2016
Rugby player's penis almost torn off in tackle
BBC News, 14 March 2016

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