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New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Phoenix Crossland is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker or lock for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League and for New Zealand at international level.
More on Wikipedia ↗Australasian rugby league football competition
The National Rugby League is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which is currently contested by 16 teams based in Australia, and 1 team based in New Zealand. Expansion teams based in Western Australia and Papua New Guinea are set to enter the competition in 2027 and 2028 respectively.
More on Wikipedia ↗Newcastle Knights hooker Phoenix Crossland has been suspended for four games by the NRL judiciary for the tackle that left Penrith's Nathan Cleary with a broken leg.
It also has ramifications for the World Cup. Read more here.
A remorseful Phoenix Crossland is struggling with the fact he hurt his ‘favourite player’.