Edrick Lee
Personal information | ||||||
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Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 18 September 1992|||||
Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2012– | Canberra Raiders | 70 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2016 | Indigenous All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: RLP |
Edrick Lee (born 18 September 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League. Lee primarily plays at centre and wing. Lee is an Indigenous All Stars representative. Lee is of Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander descent.[1]
Background
Born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Lee began playing rugby league at age 12 for Easts Mount Gravatt. A keen basketball player in his youth, Lee represented the Brisbane Bullets development squad before deciding to focus on rugby league. In 2010, Lee was playing rugby league in Brisbane's division two competition for Mt Gravatt, situated in the Brisbane Broncos official catchment area, when he was spotted by Souths Logan Magpies scout Brian Edwards. Edwards recruited Lee to the Magpies under 20s squad. After 8 games, Edwards contacted Canberra Raiders development officer David Hamilton, who signed Lee to play for the Raiders Toyota Cup side for 2011. In his first season for the Raiders under 20s side, Lee played 14 games, scoring 5 tries, playing wing, second row and off the bench. In 2012, Lee was included in the Raiders first grade trial against the Melbourne Storm, in which he scored a try. On 9 March 2012, Lee re-signed with Canberra for a further 2 years, until the end of the 2014 NRL season.[2] Lee cemented his spot in the centres for the Raiders under 20's in 2012, scoring 11 tries in their first 10 games. One of the form players to start the year, Lee was called up to represent Queensland in the inaugural Under 20's State of Origin. Lee scored 2 tries in the 18-14 loss to New South Wales at Penrith Stadium.[3]
Lee is the cousin of NBA basketball player, Patty Mills.[4] and of fellow Raiders player Brenko Lee.[5]
Playing career
2012
In Round 12 of the 2012 NRL season, Lee made his NRL debut on the wing for the Raiders against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Raiders 36-18 loss at ANZ Stadium.[6][7] In his third first grade game, in Round 14, against the Newcastle Knights, Lee scored his first and second NRL career tries in the Raiders 32-16 win at Hunter Stadium.[8] Lee finished his debut year in the NRL with playing in 7 matches and scoring 6 tries. Lee was listed on 23 of September in Lifestyle Uncuts' Top Ten Youngsters in the NRL, alongside players such as Nathan Green and Paul Carter.[9]
2013
In Round 13 against the Broncos, Lee broke his arm with 15 minutes remaining. He remained on the field in the Raiders 30-18 win, resulting in Lee being praised for the toughness he showed. Lee also scored a try in the match.[10] The fracture ended Lee's season. He had played in 9 matches and scored 7 tries. On 23 October, Lee re-signed with the Canberra Raiders till the end of the 2017 season.[11]
2014
In Round 3 against the Gold Coast Titans, Lee was originally ruled out for the rest of the season after tearing ligaments in his foot during the Raiders 24-12 loss.[12] However, he made a return in Round 22.[13] Lee finished the year with 2 tries from 8 appearances.
2015
In June, Lee was named as 18th man for Queensland leading up to Game 3 of the 2015 State of Origin series.[14] He finished the 2015 season having played in 23 matches and scoring 12 tries.[15] He was named in the Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but was later ruled out due to injury.[16][17]
2016
At the start of the year, Lee was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad.[18] On 5 February, Lee was one of eight players from the Maroons emerging camp who was banned from representing Queensland for 12-months after breaking curfew in Brisbane.[19] On 13 February, Lee played on the wing for the Indigenous All Stars against the World All Stars in the 12-8 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[20]
Also known as Edrick Scissor Hands
References
- ↑ "Canberra Raiders Fan Favourtie Edrick Lee Could Have Been a Basketball Star". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Raiders re-sign rising star Edrick Lee". SportsAustralia.com. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Jon Tuxworth. "Lee earns big rap from Meninga". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Former Brisbane Bullets Basketball Player Edrick Lee Signs Two Year Contract". Foxpsorts.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Jon Tuxworth. "Canberra Raiders' Brenko Lee puts aside homesick blues". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Jon Tuxworth. "Homesick Lee rockets into his Raiders debut". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Rabbitohs v Raiders". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Canberra Raiders Add to Wayne Bennett's Misery". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "The Top 10 Youngsters From The NRL You'd Like To See In Super League by Chris Taylor of Lifestyle Uncut". Lifestyleuncut.com. 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Jon Tuxworth (2013-06-12). "Edrick Lee | Broken Arm | Canberra Raiders |". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Lee Gaskin (2013-10-23). "Edrick Lee re-signs with Canberra Raiders until 2017". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Chris Wilson. "Canberra Raiders winger Edrick Lee out for NRL season". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Jon Tuxworth. "What we learned: Parramatta Eels v Canberra Raiders". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Jon Tuxworth (2015-06-29). "Shock Queensland inclusion Edrick Lee 'could do a job' if called up: Sailor". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad". NRL.com. 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Lee Gaskin (2015-09-13). "Kangaroos forward Josh Papalii one of four Raiders players ruled out of PM's XIII squad". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ http://www.nrl.com/maroons-name-emerging-origin-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/91313/default.aspx
- ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/teams/queensland/how-queensland-maroons-banned-emerging-stars-put-shield-defence-at-risk/news-story/da2c543a9477b4c28d1da9f698f0e5c5
- ↑ Chris Garry (13 February 2016). "World All Stars defeat Indigenous All Stars 12-8 at Suncorp Stadium". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 February 2016.