Fred Briggs (born 3 February 1980) is a former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played as a in the 2000s for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

in the

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Early life

Briggs was born in La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia. He was a student at

Matraville Sports High School Matraville Sports High School (abbreviated as MSHS) is a government co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary school, with speciality in sports, located on Anzac Parade, Chifley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Aust ...

, he grew up in La Perouse. Briggs was originally graded into the Souths Flegg Cup team in 2000 from the

La Perouse United The La Perouse United are an Australian rugby league football team based in La Perouse, New South Wales a suburb of south-central Sydney they play in the South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League. Notable Juniors * Chick Donnelley (194 ...

club and played in the Premier League with Souths when they returned to the NRL in 2002. After not playing grade in 2003, Briggs played for Souths Juniors in the Jim Beam Cup in 2004. Briggs then joined the Sydney Bulls in the Jim Beam Cup for 2006. Briggs received an opportunity to play in the Canterbury Premier League team for the last match of the 2006 season against Penrith, when the club was short of players due to injury.

Playing career

Briggs made his debut for Canterbury against the

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in Round 19 of the NRL season on 20 July 2007 due to injuries for

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and Aaron Wheatley. In 2008, Briggs joined South Sydney before returning to Canterbury.

References

External links

Canterbury Bulldogs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs, Fred 1980 births Living people Australian carpenters Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Indigenous Australian rugby league players People educated at Matraville Sports High School Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Sydney Bulls players