Anthony Watmough

Anthony Watmough

Personal information
Nickname	Choc
Born	(1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 (age 33) Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Position	Second-row, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002 Northern Eagles 8 1 0 0 4 2003–14 Manly Sea Eagles 278 71 0 0 284 2015–16 Parramatta Eels 17 1 0 0 4 Total 303 73 0 0 292 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–07 City Origin 2 1 0 0 4 2005–14 New South Wales 14 1 0 0 4 2008–13 Australia 16 0 0 0 0 2010–12 NRL All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
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Anthony Watmough (born 10 July 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played the majority of his career with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, winning both the 2008 NRL Premiership and the 2011 NRL Premiership with them.

A product of the Narrabeen Sharks, Watmough first played in the NRL in 2002 for the Northern Eagles club. In 2005, Watmough was first selected for the New South Wales State of Origin team. Watmough was awarded the 2007 Dally M Second Rower of the Year award. He played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat by the Melbourne Storm. He played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the Melbourne Storm and was then named in the Australian squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

After being involved in an alleged incident where Watmough abused a club sponsors 21-year-old daughter and then punched the sponsor at the club's 2009 season launch, Watmough started the following season in good form, winning the man-of-the-match award for his two-try performance in Manly's victory in the 2009 World Club Challenge. He was selected for Australia in the one-off test match against New Zealand on 8 May 2009.