Full name | Liam Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Anglican Church Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liam Wright (born 6 November 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union player who captains the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He also plays for Queensland Country in Australia's NRC.[2] His usual position is flanker. He has been capped for Australia at international rugby.[3]
Wright began his senior rugby career with Easts Tigers, playing Queensland Premier Rugby in 2016.[4] He was selected in the Australian Under-20 team in 2016 and 2017 for the World Championships in Italy and Georgia.[5] Wright joined the Queensland Country team and made his debut in Australia's National Rugby Championship (NRC) in October 2016, playing against the NSW Country Eagles.[6]
In 2017, he signed a two-year professional contract with the Queensland Reds for the following two seasons.[7] After impressing national selectors during the NRC in 2017, Wright played for Australia against the Barbarians in Sydney,[8] and was then chosen as one of two development players in the Wallabies tour squad for the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[9][10]
Wright made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds off the bench in the team's first match of the 2018 season, playing against the Rebels in Melbourne.[11]
He was selected in the Australian national squad for the Bledisloe Cup in 2019,[12] and made his test debut against New Zealand at Eden Park in August that year.[3]