Ryan Millard
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Born | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | 13 March 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Millard (born 13 March 1987) is an Australian-born Fijian rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Magpies in the New South Wales Cup. He plays as a five-eighth or fullback. He is a Fijian international.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ryan_Millard_try.jpg/250px-Ryan_Millard_try.jpg)
Background
[edit]Millard was born in Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of Daryl Millard.
Biography
[edit]His elder brother Daryl Millard plays for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Australian National Rugby League and is also a Fijian international.[2] Their father, Shane Millard, is the assistant coach of the Australian Fijian team. Shane is a former reserve-grade coach for the St George Dragons and also coached the USA Tomahawks.[3][4][5] There is no relation between the family and journeyman Australian-born former USA international hooker and second-row Shane Millard, although this is sometimes reported as the case.[3][6]
Career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ryan_Millard_Bulldogs.jpg/220px-Ryan_Millard_Bulldogs.jpg)
Domestic
[edit]Ryan Millard played junior rugby league for Renown United[7] and previously played in the youth teams at the St. George Illawarra Dragons, playing in the Jersey Flegg and SG Ball sides for the Dragons.[8][9] He failed to make first grade with St. George Illawarra and moved with his brother to the Bulldogs for the 2007 season.[10] He played in the New South Wales Cup for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2008 and for the Newtown Jets in 2009.[11][12] For the 2010 season he moved to the Shellharbour City Dragons, the New South Wales Cup team that act as a feeder club to the NRL club St. George Illawarra Dragons.[13]
International
[edit]Millard played for Fiji against the Junior Kangaroos in a narrow 15–14 loss in 2007.[14][15] He was not selected in either the wider training squad[16][17] nor the final 25-man Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[18] He made his full international debut for Fiji in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[2] Millard has also represented the Australian Fijian team[3][19][20] and was named Australian Fijian Fiji Bati Player of the Year for 2009.[21] Millard is eligible to play for Fiji as he has a Fijian mother.[22]
He was a late call-up to Fiji's 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad after John Sutton was ruled out before the tournament.[23]
Following the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Millard followed in the footsteps of other Fijians and was signed by Hornets CEO Ryan Bradley for Rochdale Hornets[24]
On 2 May 2015, Ryan played for Fiji in the Melanesian Cup test-match.
References
[edit]- ^ "PNG and Fiji finalise squads for Pacific Cup". National Rugby League. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Millard eyes Bati". Fiji Times. 3 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ a b c "Daryl Neville, Joel Greig and Shane Millard confirmed as AFRL Coaches". Australian Fijian Rugby League. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "National Team Committee". AMNRL. 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Brown, Alex (12 September 2006). "Dragons ball boy now carrying his side's hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "USA Tomahawks ready to take on Samoa". RLCup. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Ryan Millard". NSWRL. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "NRL finals teams". The Daily Telegraph. London. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "BULLDOGS BACK TO THE 'FAMILY CLUB'". rleague.com. 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "NRL News". NRL Club Analysis. 24 August 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Newtown Jets – NSW CUP – 2009 player gallery". Newtown Jets. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN FIJI SQUAD FOR CABRAMATTA WORLD NINES". rleague.com. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Shellharbour City Dragons". NSWRL. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Junior Kangaroos pip past Fiji". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Fiji scare junior Kangaroos". League Central. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Bati pencil in new Newcastle pace ace Uate". Fiji Times Online. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- ^ "Fijian preliminary squad". RLWC08.com. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Waqa to lead Australian Fijians on tour". FijiLive. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Comeback win against Fiji for the Cook Islands" (PDF). Rugby League Review. October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "Hayne PC Medal to 2009 awards list". rleague.com. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Millard intends to make most of his second coming". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Fijivillage".
- ^ "Championship One: Rochdale sign Fiji international playmaker Ryan Millard | Sky Sports". www1.skysports.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014.
External links
[edit]- 1987 births
- Living people
- Australian people of American descent
- Australian people of Rotuman descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Fiji national rugby league team players
- Newtown Jets NSW Cup players
- Rochdale Hornets players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Shellharbour City Dragons players