Lance Thompson

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Lance Thompson

Personal information
Full name	Lance Thompson
Date of birth	16 February 1978 (1978-02-16) (age 30)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 11 lb)
School(s)	Kingsgrove High School
Club information
Position(s)	Second-Row/ Prop
Current club	Cronulla Sharks
Number	11
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Hurstville United
Youth representative teams
1994–1995	Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1995–1999 1999–2005 2006–2008	St George Dragons St. George Illawarra Cronulla Sharks	69 (34) 132 (96) 36 (18)
Representative teams**
2001–2007	City	5 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 12:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 12:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC).

Lance Thompson (born 16 February 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian professional rugby league player. He played for the St. George Dragons, the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Cronulla Sharks. He primarily played in the second row, though he also played prop forward. Lance Thomspon has also been a Heavyweight boxer in the NSW boxing scene. His career record to date is 3 matches, 1 win, 1 loss and 1 win by TKO.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 1995 1.3 1995-2005 1.4 2006-2007 1.5 2008 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early career

Lance Thompson attended Kingsgrove High School. Thompson's Junior Club was Hurstville United.

[edit] 1995

Lance Thompson made his first grade debut in Round 13, St George v Cronulla at Toyota Park, 24 June, 1995 as a 17 year old.

[edit] 1995-2005

Thompson was a regular in the Dragons side until a much-publicised falling out with the club occurred in late 2005 and he signed with the Sharks, the Dragons' traditional rivals.

[edit] 2006-2007

During 2006, Thompson's appearances for Cronulla against his former side, St George Illawarra, were highly anticipated. The first of these matches saw Thompson scoring two tries, and the second involved Dragon Dean Young being injured in a Thompson tackle, sidelining Young for most of the 2007 season.

In 2007 Thompson was selected for the final time for the City side which won the annual City vs. Country match, the NSWRL's precursor to the State of Origin series.

[edit] 2008

Thompson played his final NRL game in Round 6 against the Penrith Panthers after announcing his retirement from Rugby League on Wednesday, 16 April. In a press conference, Thompson explained that the reason for this decision was an ongoing knee injury sustained in 2007 and because he was diagnosed with type one diabetes and that he had "one last game left in him". Cronulla Sharks coach Ricky Stuart gave Thompson his last game in Round 6 for his "last hurrah".^[1] Thompson scored a try early in the match but Cronulla lost the game 20–21 in golden point.

[edit] Career statistics

• First Grade Record (to the end of 2006): 223 appearances scoring 148 points (28 tries & 18 goals)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Cronulla Sharks profile
• NRL Profile

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