Angus Crichton


Angus Crichton is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series.

Background

Crichton was born in Temora, New South Wales, Australia.
He played his junior rugby league for the Young Cherrypickers, before switching to rugby union in his senior school years at the Scots College. In 2013 he was selected in the New South Wales Schools First XV and the Australian Schoolboys XV.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013, Crichton played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team. He spent some time back in rugby league with the Sydney Roosters' lower grade teams in 2014, before again playing for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team that same year. On 31 October 2014, he signed a 2-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2015. In 2015, he played for the Rabbitohs' NYC team, before re-signing with them late in the year on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.

2016

In 2016, Crichton graduated to the Rabbitohs' New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears. In Round 19 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Brisbane Broncos.

2017

The 2017 season was Crichton's breakout year where he earned rave reviews in an otherwise disappointing South Sydney side. He finished the season with 22 appearances and 7 tries including a hat-trick against the Gold Coast Titans. On December 18 2017, after much speculation over his future Crichton signed a 3-year deal to join South Sydney's arch rivals the Sydney Roosters on a three-year deal starting in The 2019 season.

2018

On the 28th of May, 2018, Crichton was named to make his debut for New South Wales off the interchange bench in Game 1 of the 2018 State of Origin series at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Crichton played in all 3 matches for New South Wales as the blues won their first origin shield since 2014.

2019

Crichton made his debut for the Sydney Roosters against his old club South Sydney in Round 1 of the 2019 NRL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground which ended in a 26-16 loss. Crichton was involved in a scuffle with Souths player Cody Walker in the second half where Walker called Crichton a "traitor". Crichton scored his first try for the club in Round 4 against Brisbane at the same venue. Crichton was later selected to play for New South Wales in Game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series which New South Wales would go on to lose at Suncorp Stadium. Crichton was subsequently one of the players dropped from the New South Wales team for Game 2.
Crichton played for the Sydney Roosters in the club's 2019 NRL Grand Final victory over Canberra at ANZ Stadium. It was Crichton's first premiership victory as a player and the club's second consecutive premiership victory.
On 7 October, Crichton was named at second row for the U23 Junior Australian side.

2020

On 22 February, Crichton played for the Sydney Roosters in their 2020 World Club Challenge victory defeating St Helens R.F.C. 20-12.
In round 5 of the 2020 NRL season, Crichton scored two tries as the Sydney Roosters defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 42-6 at Bankwest Stadium.