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Craig
Wing, NRL Player - South Sydney Rabbitohs
Greg
Tingle (Media Man Australia director) and Craig
Wing (Inside Sports Xmas Party 2007)
Photo: Patricia Feijoo
Craig
Wing (born 26 December 1979, in Sydney, New South
Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league
player.
Wing
currently plays half-back for the South Sydney
Rabbitohs. He has also played for the Sydney Roosters,
New South Wales and Australia.
Representative
career
Wing
has represented the New South Wales State of Origin
team, City Origin and the Australian Kangaroos.
Many of his appearances have been as a reserve
due to the fact that Wing can cover a number of
positions.
Move to Souths
Wing
announced in June 2007 that he would be leaving
the Roosters at the end of the 2007 NRL season
to take up a four-year contract with the South
Sydney Rabbitohs, the club where he started his
career.
While
the Roosters' offer was higher, Wing said he felt
more comfortable accepting the Souths offer as
it was a guaranteed four year deal compared to
the Roosters' 2 year deal with an option for a
further 2 years.
Wing
came under tremendous criticism for allowing himself
to be paraded at a high profile Souths press conference
while still contracted at the Sydney Roosters.
It could be argued that the Roosters started the
whole problem in the first place however, as they
broke the news of Craig Wing's signing on their
website before Souths had officially signed him,
in an apparent attempt to steal Souths thunder.
In any case, Wing still apologised to the Sydney
Roosters 'fans'. He was jeered on 23 June, 2007,
by the Roosters fans at a game against the Parramatta
Eels, his first game after signing for Souths.
South Sydney 2008
In
round 1 of the season,Wing was injured in a tackle
in only the 8th minute of the game against his
old club the Roosters. Wing was being held up
by Anthony Tupou and Braith Anasta, and then Riley
Brown came and shoulder charged Wing's back. Wing
is now sidelined for 12 weeks.
Trivia
In
2000, Craig Wing won the Cleo Magazine's annual
Bachelor of the Year award.
Wing
describes Alan Jones as the biggest influence
on his rugby league career. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
Websites
South
Sydney Rabbitohs profile
Profiles
South
Sydney Rabbitohs
NRL
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