Anthony Laffranchi
Personal information
Born	16 November 1980 (1980-11-16) (age 29)
	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–06	Wests Tigers	103	18	0	0	72
2007–	Gold Coast Titans	64	24	0	0	96
	Total	167	42	0	0	168
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–0?	Country Origin	3	2	0	0	8
2008–0?	New South Wales	4	1	0	0	4
2008	Australia	5	2	0	0	8
As of 23 November 2008
Source: NRL Stats & Rugby League Project

Anthony Laffranchi (born 16 November 1980 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays in the second-row. He was educated at Mt St Patrick College.

[edit] Playing career

After an outstanding performance with the Gold Coast Titans in 2007, their inaugural year, and a solid performance in 2008, Laffranchi was selected to play for the City Country Game representing Country, in which he was awarded Man of the Match.

Laffranchi was named as the 18th man for the Australians for the Centenary Rugby League Test against New Zealand in 2008.

Laffranchi was selected for New South Wales in game I of the 2008 State of origin series. Laffranchi started from the bench and scored the winning try off a Mark Gasnier line break and lead the tackle count (40) for the Blues.

In August 2008, Laffranchi was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[1][2] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.^[3]

Laffranchi made his test debut against New Zealand in Australia's opening RLWC 08 game on October 26 playing in the Second-row. He followed this up with a two try effort in Australia's second match of the World Cup. He was selected for Australia in the one-off test match against New Zealand on 8 May 2009.^[4]

He is also of Italian descent and is eligible to represent the Italy national rugby league team.^[5] He is an Italian international^[6].

[edit] Career highlights

• Junior Club: Murwillumbah Colts
• First Grade Debut: Round 26, Wests Tigers v Sharks at Leichhardt Oval, September 2, 2001
• First Grade Record: 116 appearances scoring 22 tries (Total: 88 points)
• First Grade Clubs: 102 appearances for Wests Tigers (18 tries, 72 points) 2001-2006, 30 appearances for Gold Coast Titans (11 tries, 44 points) 2007, 2008
• Representative Teams: NSW Blues (State of Origin), 2008 (1 try, 4 points), City Country Match 2006 (1 try, 4 points)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gold Coast Titans profile
• Anthony Laffranchi NRL Profile