Michael Greenfield (born 13 September 198) is an Australian 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 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league ...

, the

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian 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 pla ...

, the

St George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint- ...

, and the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...

, in the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

(NRL), as a or . He was a member of the Dragons'

2011 World Club Challenge The 2011 World Club Challenge (known as the Probiz World Club Challenge due to sponsorship) was contested by Super League XV champions, Wigan Warriors, and 2010 NRL Premiers, the St. George Illawarra Dragons, at Wigan's home ground, DW Stadium. T ...

-winning team.

Early life

Greenfield was born in

Liverpool, New South Wales Liverpool is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately south-west of the Sydney CBD. Liverpool is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Liverp ...

Australia, he was educated at

Westfields Sports High School , motto_translation = Courage and Valour , established = , location = 406A Hamilton Road, Fairfield West, Western Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive a ...

, where he represented 2003

Australian Schoolboys The Australian Schoolboys refer to junior teams that represent Australia in various sports. The name is mainly used in rugby league, rugby union and baseball. Other popular team sports in Australia such as cricket, basketball, association footbal ...

. He started playing rugby league relatively late in his life, having previously played basketball. Michael played his junior football for Ingleburn Bulldogs.

Playing career

Greenfield started his first-grade career with the

, for whom he played one NRL match in 2004. He then moved to the

, playing in 24 NRL matches over four seasons. He signed for the

from the 2010 season, and later extended his contract through the 2011 season. Greenfield was selected to play in the

on 27 February 2011 at

DW Stadium The DW Stadium is a stadium in Robin Park, in Wigan, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The ground is owned and managed by Wigan Football Company Limited, which is 85% owned by Wigan Athletic and 15% owned ...

against the 2010

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premiers,

Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League. Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby ...

went on to win the game 21–15. At the end of the 2011 season, he was released from his contract with St George and signed with

. He made his

debut in round 12 of the

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against the

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. During his time at Melbourne, he suffered an injury from a shoulder charge which was bad enough to prevent him from continuing to play.

References

External links

* (archived by web.archive.org
Dragons profile

NRL profile
* (archived by web.archive.org
NRL stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenfield, Michael 1985 births Living people Australian rugby league players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players South Sydney Rabbitohs players St. George Illawarra Dragons players Melbourne Storm players Shellharbour City Dragons players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league props Rugby league players from Sydney