Russell Aitken
Personal information
Full name	Russell Aitken
Born	5 May 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 24)
	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth, Halfback, Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–2005	Cronulla Sharks	7	2	0	0	8
2007–2008	Melbourne Storm	10	1	0	0	4
	Total	28	8	0	0	28
As of 29 September 2009
Source: NRL Stats

Russell Aitken (born 5 May 1985 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the AS Carcassonne rugby league club in France.

While attending Cronulla High School, Aitken played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2002^[1] After brief stints with Cronulla and North Queensland, Aitken signed for the Melbourne Storm at the beginning of the 2007 season. Aitken made his debut for the Storm against St George Illawarra in round 5 at the start of the 2007 season, coming off the bench as an interchange player.

Previous clubs:Nth Qld Cowboys, Cronulla Caringbah Black Cats.

Aitken was selected at hooker to play in the 2008 NRL Grand Final after only a handful of first grade appearances. This eventuated following Cameron Smith's controversial suspension after Melbourne's semi-final victory against the Brisbane Broncos. Melbourne went on the lose the grand final after achieving the rare feat of making three consecutive grand finals. During the subsequent off-season, Aitken was released by the Storm and chose to continue his Rugby League career with French club SS Carcassonne. ^[2]

Aitken joined Co-operative European Championship team, Gateshead Thunder, in the summer of 2009 ^[3]

[edit] References

In late 2009 Gateshead Thunder went into administration and Aitken is currently without a club.

[edit] External links

• Melbourne Storm profile