Brett Firman
Personal information
Full name	Brett Firman
Born	31 May 1982 (1982-05-31) (age 27)
	Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Five-Eight/Halfback*
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–2004	St. George Illawarra	22	7	11	0	50
2005	Sydney Roosters	4	1	0	0	4
2005–2006	North Queensland	18	3	0	0	12
2007	Penrith Panthers	2	0	0	0	0
	Total	46	11	11	0	66

Brett Firman was a Australian professional rugby league player. He now plays for the Helensburgh Tigers in the Illawarra CRL Competition. He has played at both halfback and five-eighth.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 2003-2004 1.3 2005 1.4 2006-2007 2 Sex Scandal 3 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early career

While attending Port Macquarie St. Josephs College, Firman played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2000.^[1]

Firman began his career with the Port Macquarie sharks, after being discovered by the Cronulla Sharks he then went on to winning a Premier League Grand Final in 2002 for Cronulla before moving to the St George Illawarra Dragons.

[edit] 2003-2004

He quickly became a first-grade regular for the St George Illawarra Dragons and was in the running for the 2003 Dally M Rookie of the Year award before the awards were cancelled due to industrial action from the Rugby League Players' Association. Firman continued with the Dragons in 2004, but broke his leg playing Premier League in round 3 after being dropped in favour of Mathew Head. Head impressed many observers, and it became obvious at the end of the season that the Dragons would have to choose between the two players as they could not afford both under the NRL salary cap. The Dragons chose to re-sign Head, despite Firman still having a year on his contract with the club.

[edit] 2005

Firman moved to the Sydney Roosters for 2005, with coach Ricky Stuart hoping for him to form a combination with Brett Finch in order to replace retiring great Brad Fittler. The Roosters had a bad start to the year, and Firman was soon dropped to Premier League and was seemingly unwanted by the club. He was released mid-season to join with the Cowboys, where he partnered 2005 Dally M medal winner Johnathan Thurston in the halves. The Cowboys reached the finals for the second successive year after finishing in 5th position, and despite being beaten 50-6 by the Wests Tigers in the first week, they beat Melbourne Storm in the second week, and then the Parramatta Eels in the preliminary final, with Firman scoring an important try, putting the club in their first ever Grand Final, against the Tigers.

[edit] 2006-2007

Firman trialled with the Penrith Panthers over the 2006 offseason after gaining an early release from the North Queensland Cowboys, he was finally awarded a fulltime contract to play with the Panthers for the 2007 NRL season after the club's second trial match against the Gold Coast Titans on March 3. He has since been released by the Penrith Panthers.

Firmans last club was the Penrith Panthers in 2007.

[edit] Sex Scandal

While on a tour of New Zealand in February 2002, members of the Cronulla Sharks were involved in a group sex session with a young woman in a Christchurch hotel room.^[2]

The ABC TV Four Corners program "Code of Silence", broadcast on 11 May 2009, reported the incident,^[3][4] where both Matthew Johns and Brett Firman were named.

Johns has been withdrawn from his various public facing roles despite his public apology. No other players involved, including Brett who was named, have come forward to date.

[edit] References