Lachlan Miller (cyclist)
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Lachlan Miller (born 14 August 1994) is an Australian
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 plays as a for the
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in the
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. He previously played for the
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...
and
Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...
in the
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.


Playing career


Rugby sevens

Miller was a member of the Australian men's rugby sevens' squad at the
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. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-nil in the quarterfinal.


2022

In round 11 of 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 ...
, Miller made his first grade debut for Cronulla and scored a try in the clubs 25-18 victory over the Gold Coast. In round 21 of the season, Miller came off the bench and played in the centres, replacing Siosifa Talakai in the Sharks 24-18 win over the
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. In this game he managed a game high 6 tackle breaks. Miller played for Cronulla in their elimination final loss to South Sydney.


2023

In January, Miller was released from his Cronulla contract to sign a three-year deal with the
Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...
. In round 1 of 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 ...
, Miller made his Newcastle debut in the club's 12-20 loss to the
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. In round 3, Miller scored two tries for Newcastle in their 36-20 loss against the
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. Miller served as Newcastle’s primary fullback to start the season, and after five rounds he led the league in tackle-busts and was top-five in average run metres. Despite his career-best form to start to the season, Miller later struggled to find consistency and by round 13 was relegated to a bench role as Newcastle star
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returned to his familiar fullback position. On 23 August, Miller was released from the final two years of his Newcastle contract, so he could sign a three-year deal to join English side
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starting in 2024.


2024

Miller played 26 matches for Leeds in the 2024 Super League season and scored seven tries as the club finished 8th on the table and missed the playoffs.


Statistics

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References


External links


Newcastle Knights profileCronulla Sharks profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Lachie 1994 births Living people Australian rugby league players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Leeds Rhinos players Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Male rugby sevens players Newcastle Knights players Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league wingers Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Coffs Harbour 21st-century Australian sportsmen