Craig Izzard

Craig Izzard (born 20 July 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Penrith Panthers, Parramatta Eels, Balmain Tigers and the Illawarra Steelers in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia, initially as a and latterly as a . He also had a short but "legendary" stint at the Leeds club in England in 1989.

Younger brother of Brad Izzard and older to Grant, began his career at local club Penrith captaining their reserve grade side to a premiership in 1987 playing at . Moved to the Eels after his lack of opportunities with the Panthers where he won the clubman of the year award in 1989 before finding it difficult again to hold down a regular first grade spot he moved to Illawarra with the Steelers transforming himself into a tireless .

In 2004 Izzard become manager of the New South Wales Residents rugby league side.

In 2017 he was found corrupt by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for agreeing to accept bribes in exchange for not investigating unlawful asbestos dumping during his employment as an anti-dumping investigator.

A former investigator with the Western Sydney Regional Illegal Dumping Squad (RIDS), was found to have engaged in "serious corrupt conduct" by the commission on Tuesday. The matter has now been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the consideration of criminal charges.

He also features in an ABC Four Corners investigation Trashed: The dirty truth about your rubbish, by Caro Meldrum-Hanna which went to air 7 August 2017.

References

External links

Craig Izzard Player profile

1964 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Balmain Tigers players
Blacktown Workers players
Illawarra Steelers players
Leeds Rhinos players
Parramatta Eels players
Penrith Panthers players
Rugby league locks
Rugby league players from Penrith, New South Wales
Rugby league second-rows

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