Brett Finch

Brett Finch

Personal information
Full name	Brett John Finch
Born	(1981-08-20) 20 August 1981 (age 35) Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Position	Five-eighth, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999–02 Canberra Raiders 70 22 0 2 90 2003–06 Sydney Roosters 95 31 0 6 130 2007–09 Parramatta Eels 51 7 0 2 30 2009–10 Melbourne Storm 41 6 1 2 28 2011–12 Wigan Warriors 60 18 0 0 72 2013 Melbourne Storm 13 0 0 0 0 Total 330 84 1 12 350 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–06 New South Wales 3 1 0 1 5 2005 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4 2006–08 Country NSW 2 0 0 0 0 2010 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Source: NRL Stats

Brett John Finch (born 20 August 1981 in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s, and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative half back, he played in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Canberra Raiders, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and Melbourne Storm ]). Finch also played in Super League for English club Wigan Warriors (with whom he won the 2010 World Club Challenge and 2011 Challenge Cup Final).

The son of former player Robert Finch, he played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998 while attending Erindale College. He was a Hunter Mariners junior, playing for Valentine Devils.

At the Canberra Raiders Finch won the club's rookie of the year award in 1999, he made his debut earlier in the year against the Melbourne Storm in Round 14 of the 1999 NRL Season as a 17-year-old.

Having won the 2002 NRL Premiership, the Roosters traveled to England to play the 2003 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, St Helens R.F.C.. Finch played from the interchange bench in Sydney's victory. In 2004, whilst playing for the Sydney Roosters, Finch threw a bottle back into the crowd after he was pelted by a Canterbury Bulldogs fan. Finch played for the Roosters at scrum half back in their 2004 NRL grand final loss to cross-Sydney rivals, the Bulldogs.