Wade Graham
Encyclopedia
Wade Graham is a rugby league
player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League
. He plays as a half-back or five-eighth.
After starting the 2008 season in the Toyota Cup
for the Penrith Panthers, Graham was called up to the first-grade squad and finished up playing 8 NRL games for the season. Graham continued to play at five-eighth regularly for the Panthers until the end of the 2009 NRL season. Whilst playing 12 games in 2010 for the Panthers, the preference for the halfs combinations of Travis Burns and Luke Walsh by the Penrith coach limited the number of games he could have played. As a result of Graham's desire to play regular first-grade football he signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks starting in the 2011 season.
Wade attended The Hills Sports High School in Seven Hills.
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 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 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...
. He plays as a half-back or five-eighth.
After starting the 2008 season in the Toyota Cup
Toyota Cup
Toyota Cup may refer to:* Copa Toyota Libertadores was the name of Copa Libertadores from 1997-2007 for sponsorship reasons.* Intercontinental Cup , known as Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL....
for the Penrith Panthers, Graham was called up to the first-grade squad and finished up playing 8 NRL games for the season. Graham continued to play at five-eighth regularly for the Panthers until the end of the 2009 NRL season. Whilst playing 12 games in 2010 for the Panthers, the preference for the halfs combinations of Travis Burns and Luke Walsh by the Penrith coach limited the number of games he could have played. As a result of Graham's desire to play regular first-grade football he signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks starting in the 2011 season.
Wade attended The Hills Sports High School in Seven Hills.