Clint Newton

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Clint Newton

Clint Newton (r) celebrating a win with team-mate
Ryan Hoffman (l) in 2007.
Personal information
Full name Clint Newton
Date of birth June 18, 1981 (1981-06-18) (age 26)
Place of birth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Weight 16 st 3 lbs (103 kg)[1]
Nickname(s) Newty, Bert
Relatives Jack Newton (father)
Club information
Position(s) Second row
Current club Hull Kingston Rovers
Number 11
Youth clubs
Years Club
Valentine-Eleebana (Newcastle)
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2000 ‐ 2007
2007
2008 ‐		 Newcastle
Melbourne
Hull KR		 100 (48)
15 (16)
3 (4)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Clint Newton (born 18 June 1981) is an American-Australian rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights and Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League competition and Hull Kingston Rovers in the European Super League. His position of choice is at Second Row.

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[edit] Early years

Son of Jackie and professional golfer Jack Newton, Clint was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina whilst his father was competing in the 1981 U.S. Open.[2]

The Newton's moved back to Jack's native Newcastle and it wasn't before long before Clint was playing rugby league with the Valentine-Eleebana junior rugby league club.

[edit] Ashton Sims incident

During the 2004 season, Clint received a lengthy 12 week suspension for elbowing St George Illawarra Dragons forward Ashton Sims.[3] The suspension cost Newton the chance to represent the United States in an international match against Australia later that year. Only four weeks earlier he was sin-binned for foul play against a North Queensland Cowboy player.

[edit] Departure

On 28 May 2007, Newton announced he was leaving the Newcastle Knights after just 100 games, due to "personal reasons".[4]

On 29 May 2007 Newton signed with the Melbourne Storm.[5] He started in the second row in the Storm's round 13 clash with the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland and was one of the best players on the field, playing the full 80 minutes.

On 17 October 2007, he was released by the Melbourne Storm due to salary cap restrictions and announced his move to the European Super League with a two year contract at Hull KR. [6]

[edit] Career highlights

  • Junior Club: Valentine-Eleebana (Newcastle)
  • First Grade Debut: Newcastle v Warriors at EnergyAustralia Stadium, March 31, 2001 (Round 7)
  • First Grade Record: 71 career NRL games to date, scoring 10 tries

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Player profile of Clint Newton. Newcastle Knights. Archived from the original on 2006-08-20. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
  2. ^ Scotland bid fails for Newton. Sportinglife (2008-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
  3. ^ Walter, Brad. "Newton struck out for 12 weeks", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2004-08-26. Retrieved on 2007-05-31. 
  4. ^ "Newton shocks Knights in day of changes", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-05-28. Retrieved on 2007-05-31. 
  5. ^ "Storm signs Newton after Knights release", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-05-29. Retrieved on 2007-05-31. 
  6. ^ "Newton joins the Super League", Fox Sports News, 2007-10-17. Retrieved on 2007-10-17. 
Persondata
NAME Newton, Clint
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian rugby league player
DATE OF BIRTH 18 June 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH