Michael Withers
Withers while playing for Wigan in 2007
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Personal information
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16 May 1976 Sydney, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Withers (born 16 May 1976, in Sydney) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and 2000s who represented at international level for Ireland. He played club football in Australia for the Balmain Tigers of the National Rugby League, and in England with Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls of Super League. His usual position was at fullback.
While attending John Paul II Senior High School in Marayong, New South Wales, Withers was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1994. In the same year Withers won the Australian Dally M Junior Player of the Year.
Withers played for Bradford Bulls at centre in the 1999 Super League Grand Final which was lost to St Helens R.F.C.. Withers qualified for Great Britain through his Irish grandparents and he played for Ireland in the 2000 World Cup. He played for the Bradford Bulls at fullback and scored 3 tries in their 2001 Super League Grand Final victory against the Wigan Warriors. As a result, he was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy. He is also the only player to have recorded a hat-trick in a Grand Final, doing so against Wigan Warriors for Bradford Bulls in 2001.
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