Eddy Pettybourne
Pettybourne playing for North Sydney
Personal information
Full name	Edward Pettybourne
Nickname	Eddy
Born	13 February 1988 (1988-02-13) (age 21)
	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–	South Sydney	32	7	0	0	28

Eddy Pettybourne (born 13 February 1988^[1] in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a rugby league player who currently plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

[edit] Early years

Eddy Pettybourne's junior club was the Mascot Jets and he attended Marcellin College Randwick, followed by Matraville Sports High School, where he graduated in 2005. He started a teacher's aide course earlier this year.

[edit] Playing career

He rose up the junior ranks of South Sydney representing in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby League team in 2005 before making his first grade debut against the North Queensland Cowboys in round 19 of 2007. He scored his first try in first grade in round 1 of 2009 when the Rabbitohs slaughtered the Sydney Roosters 52-12. He played every game for the Rabbitohs in 2009 and scored 7 tries to be the Rabbitohs fifth highest try scorer of the season. He made 526 tackles in 2009 which was the third highest in the club.

[edit] Representative career

Eddy Pettybourne's position of choice is in the second-row and he recently chose to represent New Zealand instead of playing for Australia. He was called up for the New Zealand Kiwis squad at the 2009 Four Nations as a late replacement for the injured Ben Matulino and Bronson Harrison.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• South Sydney Rabbitohs profile

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