Tim Moltzen
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Personal information
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| Full name | Tim Paul Moltzen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Moltz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 September 1988 Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Fullback, Halfback, Five-eighth, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Rugby League Project, League Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tim Moltzen (born 15 September 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Wests Tigers and the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He mostly played at fullback, halfback and five-eighth, but could also fill in at centre.
Moltzen played junior football with the Terrigal Sharks. He has a metal plate at the back of his skull from an injury that occurred in junior football.
Playing in the inaugural under-20s competition in 2008, Moltzen was considered to be one of the young stars of competition.
Moltzen made his first grade debut in the first game of the 2008 season. Scoring a try in each of his first two games, he made ten appearances for the season, and was named the club's rookie of the year.
In November 2009, Moltzen signed a contract extension to remain with the Tigers until the end of the 2012 season. At the time, Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys described Moltzen as, "a crucial member in Wests Tigers going forward."
Playing against the Cowboys in round 5 of the 2010 season, Moltzen ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He was ruled out for the rest of the year and required a knee reconstruction.
Before the start of the 2011 season, Ricky Stuart named Moltzen in a "Blues in Waiting" squad, for potential future NSW State of Origin players. He was described as one of the players, "on the cusp of selection."
Moltzen made a slow recovery from injury, starting from the bench in first games of the 2011 season, saying it took time to get back, "into the old ways, getting tackled and not worried about getting up and, you know, my leg's fallen off." By round 8 he had recovered enough to make his representative debut for Country Origin, but was struggling to refind his form from before the injury. By the end of the season, Moltzen's performances were being praised, and he had replaced Wade McKinnon as starting fullback. He played in every game of the 2011 season.
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