Fred Briggs
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Fred Briggs is a rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player for the Canterbury Bulldogs
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 National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...

 in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 competition. His position of choice is prop.

Briggs made his debut for the Bulldogs
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 National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...

 against the Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

 in Round 19 of the NRL season on 20 July 2007 due to injuries for Willie Mason
Willie Mason
William Marshall "Willie" Mason is an Australian professional rugby union footballer for Toulon in the Top 14 competition, having previously being a rugby league footballer for Hull KR in the European Super League.Mason signed a 3-year contract with Hull KR in September 2010, pending a successful...

, Mark O'Meley
Mark O'Meley
Mark O'Meley is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the European Super League team, Hull, and previously of the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition. He also previously played for the North Sydney Bears, the ill fated Northern Eagles and the Bulldogs...

, Kane Cleal
Kane Cleal
Kane Cleal is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.He will to play for NRL side South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2009 and 2010 seasons....

 and Aaron Wheatley
Aaron Wheatley
Aaron Wheatley is a professional rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs. He has previously played for the Dragons and is now on a one-year contract with the Bulldogs.Wheatley plays in the second row.-External links:...

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Fred was a student at Matraville Sports High School
Matraville Sports High School
Matraville Sports High School, is a school located in Chifley, New South Wales, Australia, on Anzac Parade. It is a coeducational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12...

, however he grew up in Cooma.

Fred Briggs was originally graded into the Souths Flegg Cup team in 2000 from the La Perouse club and played in the Premier League with Souths when they returned to the NRL in 2002.
After not playing grade in 2003, Fred played for Souths Juniors in the Jim Beam Cup in 2004.
Fred joined the Sydney Bulls in the Jim Beam Cup for 2006.
Fred Briggs received an opportunity to play in the Bulldogs Premier League team for the last match of the 2006 season against Penrith, when the club was short of players due to injury.
In 2007, Fred was been part of the Premier League squad and received the opportunity to play first grade against the Gold Coast Titans due to injuries to Willie Mason, Mark O'Meley, Kane Cleal and Aaron Wheatley.
In 2008 Fred joined South Sydney before returning to the Bulldogs.
"Briggsy" is reliable as the day is long, he is a qualified carpenter who still juggles some work with his football commitments. A very talented junior golfer.

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