Adam Perry (born 29 May 1979) is a former professional
rugby league
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footballer who played as a in the 1990s and 2000s for
Canterbury-Bankstown in the
NRL
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, with whom he won the
2004 NRL premiership
The 2004 NRL season (also known as the 2004 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra) was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen clubs competed dur ...
.
Background
Perry was born in
Junee, New South Wales,
Australia
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.
Playing career
Perry spent his entire nine-year first-grade career with Canterbury. Perry played for them in their
2004 NRL grand final
The 2004 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2004 NRL season. It was contested by the Sydney Roosters, who had finished the regular season in 1st place, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, who had finished ...
victory over cross-town rivals, the
Sydney Roosters. As 2004 NRL premiers,
Canterbury
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...
faced
Super League IX
Tetley's Super League IX was the name of the 2004 Super League championship season due to sponsorship by Tetley's Bitter. This was the 110th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the ninth championship decided by Super ...
champions,
Leeds
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in the
2005 World Club Challenge
The year 2005 Carnegie World Club Challenge was contested by Super League IX champions Leeds Rhinos and 2004 NRL season premiers, the Bulldogs. The match was played on 4 February at Elland Road, Leeds before 37,208 spectators. Australian Sean Hamp ...
. Perry played at in Canterbury's 32–39 loss.
Ongoing knee injuries forced Perry to retire from the NRL in 2007 at the age of 28. Perry was captain-coach of his home-town club
Junee Diesels
The Junee Rugby League Football Club, nicknamed the ''Diesels'', is an Australian rugby league football club based in Junee, New South Wales. Formed in 1926, the club competes in the Group 9 Rugby League competition. The club also has an affili ...
for two years in the
Group 9 competition of the
New South Wales Country Rugby League. Perry was a co-coach for
Group 9 club Wagga Brothers and is also was a development officer with the CRL. Perry was assistant coach at the Gundagai Tigers in 2018 when they won the Group 9 premiership, and become head coach of that club from late September 2018.
References
External links
Adam Perry at the ''Rugby League Project''Adam Perry at the ''Bulldogs''
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1979 births
Living people
Australian rugby league coaches
Australian rugby league players
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league players from Junee