Phil Adamson (born 20 March 1970) is an Australian former professional
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 11 ...
footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League.
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
(
Heritage No. 497), the
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...
(
Heritage No. 325),
St Helens (
Heritage No. 1089) and the
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
(
Heritage No. 429), as a or .
Background
Phil Adamson was born in
Taree
Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural distr ...
,
New South Wales
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, es ...
, Australia, and he is the older brother of rugby league footballer;
Matt Adamson
Matt Adamson (born 14 August 1972 in Taree, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative (under t ...
.
References
External links
Saints Heritage Society
1970 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
Parramatta Eels players
Penrith Panthers players
Rugby league players from Taree
Rugby league locks
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
St Helens R.F.C. players
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