Aidan Guerra

Aidan Guerra
Personal information
Born (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010– Sydney Roosters 130 35 0 0 140
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Italy 3 2 0 0 8
2014–16 Queensland 9 2 0 0 8
2014 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
As of 4 June 2016
Source: [1]

Aidan Guerra (born 25 February 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League. A State of Origin, Australian and Italian representative player, Guerra has played his entire career to date at the Roosters, with whom he won the 2013 NRL Premiership. He mostly plays second-row and lock, but can also fill in at centre.

Early years

Born in Cairns, Queensland, Guerra is of Italian descent. He attended Ignatius Park College in Townsville and played his junior rugby league with Townsville Brothers. Guerra was then signed with NRL club the Melbourne Storm, but never featured in the first grade squad, mostly being sidelined through injuries.[2] The club then banned him from appearing in any grade after he signed with the Roosters for the next season.[3] Guerra was named in the Italian side for the 2009 European Cup, but did not play.[4]

Playing career

2010

In round 1 of the season, Guerra made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium, scoring a try off the interchange bench in the Roosters 36-10 win.[5] Guerra played for New South Wales residents against the Queensland residents team, scoring a try in the 28-20 win.[6] Guerra finished his debut year with 3 tries from 9 matches.

2011

Guerra played in 14 matches and scored 6 tries for the Roosters in 2011. He was announced as a member of the Italian side that competed in 2013 World Cup qualifying, but again did not feature.[7]

2012

Guerra played in 19 matches and scored 5 tries for the Roosters in the 2012 NRL season.

Guerra playing for Italy in 2013 World Cup against Scotland

2013

In the 2013 NRL Grand Final, Guerra played at second-row and scored a try in the Roosters 26-18 victory over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[8][9] Guerra played in 22 matches and scored 6 tries in the Roosters successful 2013 NRL season. In the post season, Guerra made his international debut playing for Italy in the 2013 World Cup.[10] He played all 3 matches at centre and scored 2 tries against Wales in Italy’s 32-16 win at Millennium Stadium.[11]

2014

In May, Guerra was named as the only change to the Queensland team for game 1 of the 2014 State of Origin series in place of the injured Sam Thaiday.[12] He made his debut in the Maroons 8-12 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[13] Guerra started at second-row in game 2, as the Maroons lost again, 4-6.[14] In game 3, at Suncorp Stadium, Guerra scored his first origin try in the Maroons 32-8 win.[15] Guerra finished off the Roosters season with 23 matches 6 tries. On 14 October, Guerra was selected in the Australian Kangaroos 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations.[16] Guerra made his Australian debut and played his only match for Australia in the tournament in the Kangaroos 30-12 loss against New Zealand off the interchange bench at Suncorp Stadium.[17] On 23 December, Guerra extended his contract with the Roosters to the end of the 2017 season.[18]

2015

Guerra was selected Queensland for the 2015 State of Origin series. He played in all 3 matches at second-row and scored a try in the Maroons' game 3 series-winning 52-6 win at Suncorp Stadium.[19][20] In round 20, against the Wests Tigers, Guerra played his 100th NRL career match in the Roosters 33-8 win at the Sydney Football Stadium.[21] Guerra scored 5 tries from his 22 NRL matches.

2016

Despite playing in all 3 matches of the 2016 State of Origin series for Queensland, Guerra was moved to the bench by the Roosters, and then dropped to reserve grade later in the season. He said, "Getting dropped always hurts whether you know you deserve it or not. But I felt that I deserved to be dropped and it was up to me if I got that reprieve to make the most of it and show I deserved to be out there. It has been hard. I have been trying to put my finger on it for 24 rounds. Some games have been good, but too many haven't."[22][23] Guerra finished the 2016 NRL season with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Roosters.

References

  1. ↑ Aidan Guerra rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ Coach backs Guerra dumping. smh.com.au. Retrieved on 2012-08-08.
  3. ↑ Josh Massoud. "Storm bans player from the field". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. ↑ No Nero but new faces for Italy. rugbyleague.com (2009-09-27).
  5. ↑ "Todd Carney impresses on his NRL debut for Roosters against Rabbitohs". Daily Telegraph.
  6. ↑ "Blues triumph first in residents battle". NRL.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "CARLO NAPOLITANO ANNOUNCES THE ITALIAN SQUAD FOR THE WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION". rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rolling coverage of Sydney Roosters vs Manly Sea-Eagles". Daily Telegraph.
  9. ↑ Dominic Brock. "NRL Grand Final player ratings". NRL.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". rlwc2013.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Italy wallop Wales at Rugby League World Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "From a shattered ankle to Roosters breakthrough, Aidan Guerra has the grit for State of Origin football". Courier Mail.
  13. ↑ "New South Wales Blues beat Queensland Maroons 12-8 in games one". Daily Telegraph.
  14. ↑ Michael Chammas. "State of Origin: NSW Blues beat Queensland Maroons to end eight-year drought". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Maroons back on road to success with thrashing of Blues in game 3". Courier Mail.
  16. ↑ "Holden Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  17. ↑ Michael Carayannis. "New Zealand hand Australia's young guns a reality check in Four Nations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Aidan Guerra agrees to contract extension to keep him at Sydney Roosters until the end of 2017". Fox Sports. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  19. ↑ Phil Lutton. "Aidan Guerra 'couldn't care less' if Mitchell Pearce fires in Origin comeback". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  20. ↑ "State of Origin: Qld Maroons claim record 52-6 win over NSW Blues". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Wests Tigers v Sydney Roosters: Martin Taupau sin binned late as Chooks run riot". Fox Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  22. ↑ James Mac Smith. "Guerra to stay at Roosters". nrl.com.
  23. ↑ "Roosters' Aidan Guerra fighting for future after being dropped for Cowboys clash". 10 August 2016.

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