Troy Pezet (born 24 April 1974) 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 as a for the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...

and the

South Queensland Crushers South Queensland Crushers was an Australian rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. In 1992 it was decided that the team would be admitted into the New South Wales Rugby League competition, along with three other teams, as par ...

in the 1990s.

Playing career

Pezet started his first-grade career at the now-defunct South Queensland club. Pezet was a member of the South Queensland teams which finished last on the table in 1996 and 1997. He was also a member of the final-ever game the Crushers played, a 39–18 victory over the

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as the club is commonly ...

, before they were denied a place in the new

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competition in 1998 following the

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. In 1998, Pezet moved to Parramatta where he spent one season before retiring at the end of the year at the age of only 24.

Post playing

Pezet is now currently working for 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 ...

as their elite pathways recruitment manager.

References

1974 births Living people Australian rugby league players Parramatta Eels players Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Gosford, New South Wales South Queensland Crushers players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1970s-stub