Troy Robinson is an Australian former professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 2000s. He played for
South Sydney in the
NRL
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competition.
Playing career
Robinson began his playing career with the
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...
and played in the lower grades for the club until he was signed by South Sydney for the
2003 NRL season
The 2003 NRL premiership was the 96th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the sixth run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen teams competed, with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles returning in place of their failed joi ...
.
Robinson made his first grade debut for South Sydney in round 18 2003 against
Penrith at
Penrith Park
Penrith Stadium (known commercially as BlueBet Stadium) is a rugby league and association football stadium located in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
The 22,500 capacity venue is the home ground for the Penrith Panthers who play in the Na ...
. The following week, he played at halfback in the club's loss against
Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
at the
Sydney Football Stadium
The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rect ...
. This would turn out to be Robinson's final game in the top grade.
At the end of the 2003 season, Robinson was released by Souths. He then returned to the New South Wales mid-north coast and played
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
for Bellingen, Coffs Harbour and Sawtell.
References
Australian rugby league players
South Sydney Rabbitohs players
1982 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Rugby league halfbacks
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