Liam Wright


Liam Wright is an Australian professional rugby union player who captains the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He also plays for in Australia's NRC. His usual position is flanker. He has been capped for Australia at international rugby.

Career

Wright began his senior rugby career with Easts Tigers, playing Queensland Premier Rugby in 2016. He was selected in the Australian Under-20 team in 2016 and 2017 for the World Championships in Italy and Georgia. Wright joined the team and made his debut in Australia's National Rugby Championship in October 2016, playing against the.
In 2017, he signed a two-year professional contract with the Queensland Reds for the following two seasons. After impressing national selectors during the NRC in 2017, Wright played for against the Barbarians in Sydney, and was then chosen as one of two development players in the Wallabies tour squad for the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.
Wright made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds off the bench in the team's first match of the 2018 season, playing against the Rebels in Melbourne.
He was selected in the Australian national squad for the Bledisloe Cup in 2019, and made his test debut against New Zealand at Eden Park in August that year.