Campbell Graham


Campbell Graham is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
Graham has played for the Prime Minister's XIII.

Background

Graham was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to a Glasgow-born father and a mother from Coventry.
He played his junior rugby league for the Coogee Wombats and Maroubra Lions, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He completed his Higher School Certificate at Marcellin College Randwick in 2017.

Playing career

Early career

In 2016 and 2017, Graham played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team. Late in 2016, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.

2017

In February, Graham re-signed with South Sydney on a contract until the end of 2019. In round 22 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for South Sydney against St. George Illawarra. He wasn't named in the original 21-man squad that NRL teams are required to pick a game day 17-man squad from, but was allowed to play after Souths sought and were granted an exemption by the NRL to include him after a late injury to Robert Jennings.
Graham was named in Scotland's squad for the 2017 World Cup at the end of the season, but withdrew in order to get a full off-season of training.

2018

Graham spent the first few weeks of the 2018 NRL season playing for South Sydney's feeder side North Sydney in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW. In round 9 of the 2018 season, Graham scored his first NRL try in South Sydney's 36-18 win over the Newcastle Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium.
Graham made a total of 16 appearances for Souths in 2018 scoring 7 tries as Souths reached the preliminary final against arch rival Eastern Suburbs but lost the match 12-4 with Graham playing on the wing.

2019

In round 3 of the 2019 NRL season, Graham scored 2 tries as Souths defeated the Gold Coast 28-20 at ANZ Stadium. In round 19 against St. George, Graham scored a try after the siren had sounded as Souths won the match 20-16 after being down 16-14 with a minute remaining.
In round 21 Graham scored a hat-trick in a 26-16 loss to Melbourne Storm at Central Coast Stadium. He was selected at number 4 in Freddy's Team of the Week following his try scoring effort.
Graham made a total of 27 appearances and scored 14 tries for Souths in the 2019 NRL season as the club reached their second consecutive preliminary final in a row. Graham scored a try in the preliminary final against the Canberra Raiders but ultimately it wasn't enough as Canberra won the game 16-10.
On 7 October, Graham was selected on the wing for the U23 Australian team.