Mitch Cornish
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Personal information
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| Full name | Mitchell Cornish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 January 1993 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 23 September 2015
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Mitch Cornish (born 28 January 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. He plays at halfback and five-eighth. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders.
Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Cornish played his junior rugby league for the Goulburn Stockmen, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. He is the older brother of former Gold Coast Titans player Tyler Cornish.
From 2011 to 2013, Cornish played for the Raiders' NYC team On 7 June 2012, he extended his contract with the Raiders from the end of 2013 to the end of 2015. On 21 August 2012, he was named at haflback in the 2012 NYC Team of the Year. On 13 October 2012, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis, due to a late injury to Lachlan Maranta which resulted in Ben Hampton taking Maranta's spot at fullback and Cornish taking Hampton's bench spot. In November and December 2012, he attended the Blues Origin Pathways camp designed for possible future New South Wales State of Origin representatives. On 20 April 2013, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team, playing at halfback and was awarded the Darren Lockyer Medal as Man of the Match in the Blues' 36-12 win at Penrith Stadium. On 27 August 2013, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year, making the team for the second year in a row. On 13 October 2013, he again played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis, this time co-captaining the side alongside Michael Lichaa.
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