Brock Lamb (born 22 January 1997) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who plays as a and for the

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in the

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. He previously played for the

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and the

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in the NRL, and for the London Broncos in the

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Background

Lamb was born in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for the West Maitland Reddogs, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

From 2014 to 2016, Lamb played for the Newcastle Knights'

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team. In November and December 2014, he played for the

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. On 21 January 2015, he signed a 3-year contract with the Knights until the end of the 2017 season.

2016

In round 9 of the

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, Lamb made his NRL debut for the Knights against the

. In September, he extended his contract with the Knights from the end of 2017 to the end of 2018. He finished his debut year making three appearances as Newcastle finished bottom of the table.

2017

Lamb played 21 games for the Knights during the 2017 season. On 9 July, during a close game against the

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, Newcastle were given a penalty in the final seconds of the game with the score at 20-18 in favour of Canterbury. The first choice goal-kicker

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handed the ball to Lamb to give his side the chance of sending the game into golden point extra time by kicking the goal. Lamb missed the conversion and Canterbury won the match, after the game Hodkinson was questioned as to why he gave the kick to level the game to Lamb. In the aftermath of the loss, Lamb was mocked on social media for his missed conversion attempt. Lamb would go on to play 21 games for Newcastle as the club finished last and claimed the

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2018

After the additions of halfback

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and five-eighth Connor Watson to the Knights' side in 2018, Lamb started the year coming off the

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, before eventually being demoted to reserve grade. Lamb only played 8 NRL games for the season before parting ways with the Knights at the end of the year.

2019

Ahead of the 2019 season, Lamb joined the

. Lamb started the 2019 season playing for the

feeder club the

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. On 31 March, Lamb kicked a winning 40 metre field goal for North Sydney against the

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in the

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as Norths won the match 21-20. On 6 May, Lamb was named in the

residents team to play against the Queensland residents side. Lamb made his debut for the

against his old club Newcastle in Round 11 as a replacement for

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. Newcastle would go on to win the match 38-12. On 21 July, Lamb scored 2 tries and kicked 4 goals as North Sydney defeated the

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28-24 at

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in Round 18 of the

competition. On 29 July, Lamb signed a deal with English Super League side the London Broncos until the end of the Super League XXIV season. Lamb made a total of 6 appearances for the London Broncos as they were relegated from the Super League after finishing last on the table. On 10 December, Lamb signed a two-year deal to join NRL side

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2020

On 16 January, Lamb left Parramatta without playing a game and returned to Maitland with the

References

External links

London Broncos profileSydney Roosters profileNewcastle Knights profileSL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Brock 1997 births Living people Australian rugby league players London Broncos players Maitland Pickers players Newcastle Knights players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Maitland, New South Wales Sydney Roosters players