Craig Trindall (born 8 May 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. His position was halfback or five-eighth. He is the brother of former South Sydney Rabbitohs player, Darrell Trindall and Steve Trindall.
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| Born | 8 May 1979 Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Darrell Trindall (brother) Steve Trindall (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editTrindall was born in Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia.
Playing career
editTrindall was part of the Under 19s Penrith Super League premiership winning team in 1997 before having lower grade stints at Parramatta and South Sydney. He then left South Sydney and began playing for the Windsor club in the Jim Beam Cup. It was from there he made a return to Penrith in 2006, playing halfback for the St. Mary’s-Penrith Cougars. Trindall made his first grade debut for Penrith in round 19 of the 2007 NRL season against North Queensland, kicking a field goal in the clubs 17-16 victory. Trindall played two further games for Penrith. In 2008, he signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs but was not able to make it into the first grade team and would return to Windsor, being part of their Jim Beam Cup (third tier) premiership winning team. He would remain at Windsor club for a number of seasons, playing Premier League when they were the Penrith feeder team (as a non NRL contracted player) and in 2012 was named in the Windsor Team of the Century.[2]
Career highlights
edit- Junior Club: Colyton Colts
- Previous Clubs: Windsor
- First Grade Debut: 2006 v Cowboys
Controversy
editIn 2006, The National Rugby League's Anti-Doping tribunal imposed a 12-week suspended sentence on Craig Trindall for cannabis use.[3][4]
In 2007, Craig Trindall was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm after allegedly bashing a woman in the face with a children's blackboard.[5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ RLP
- ^ "Windsor Team of the Century". www.windsorleagues.com.au.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 19 October 2006. "League players cop drug bans"
- ^ "Positive tests hit league". Television New Zealand. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 2007. Panther accused of bashing Archived 17 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Australian, 12 April 2007. Penrith NRL star charged with assault". Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- ^ Stuff.co.nz, 12 April 2007. Bashed woman wants league star jailed