Troy Stone (born 13 December 1971) is an Australian rugby league footballer who played as a professional in England and Australia.

Background

Stone was born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

A junior from Goulbourn United, Stone debuted in 1993 for the Cronulla Sharks as a centre. However, in 1994, when Stone moved to join the Dragons he moved into the front row. Stone played in the 1996 Grand Final for St George, which they lost to Manly. Also in 1996, Stone played in his only representative game, playing for NSW City in their annual clash with NSW Country. Stone then played the 1997 Super League season with the new

Hunter Mariners The Hunter Mariners were an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Hunter Region's largest city, Newcastle. Hunter was formed in mid-1995 and was later disbanded at the end of 1997. The club was formed because of the Super Leag ...

franchise before joining the

Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

. Stone played from the interchange bench for the

in their loss at the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane Broncos. Halfway through the

2001 NRL season The 2001 NRL season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fourth run by the National Rugby League. Also called the 2001 Telstra Premiership (due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation) it was contested b ...

, Stone joined the Huddersfield Giants after receiving little game time at Canterbury. Stone spent a season with the Widnes Vikings before retiring at the end of 2002.

References

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