Anthony Laffranchi

Anthony Laffranchi

Laffranchi playing for Australia in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1980-11-16) 16 November 1980 (age 36) Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Position	Second-row, Prop, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–06 Wests Tigers 102 18 0 0 72 2007–11 Gold Coast Titans 102 32 1 0 130 2012–14 St. Helens 55 16 0 0 64 Total 259 66 1 0 266 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–10 Country Origin 4 2 0 0 8 2008–09 New South Wales 4 1 0 0 4 2008–09 Australia 5 2 0 0 8 2012–13 Exiles 2 0 0 0 0 2013 Italy 3 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Anthony Laffranchi (born 16 November 1980 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australia and Italy international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played in the National Rugby League for the Wests Tigers (with whom he won the 2005 NRL premiership) and the Gold Coast Titans, and for Super League club St. Helens.

Laffranchi was educated at Mt St Patrick College. He is also of Italian descent and is eligible to represent the Italy national rugby league team.

Laffranchi played at prop forward in the Tigers' 2005 NRL Grand Final victory over the North Queensland Cowboys. As NRL Premiers Wests faced Super League champions Bradford Bulls in the 2006 World Club Challenge. Laffranchi played at second-row forward in the Tigers' 30-10 loss.

At the end of the Titans' first season Laffranchi was named co-winner of the club's inaugural Paul Broughton Medal for best and fairest player of the season with teammate Luke Bailey. After further solid performance in 2008, he was selected to play for the City vs Country Origin game, representing Country, in which he was awarded Man of the Match.