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**Craig Wing**
Personal information
Full name	Craig Wing
Date of birth	26 December 1979 (1979-12-26) (age 28)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 ins)
Weight	97 kg (13 st 9 lbs)
Nickname(s)	Wingy
Club information
Position(s)	Hooker, Half-back
Current club	Sydney Roosters
Number	7
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Coogee Randwick Wombats
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1998–1999 2000–2007 2008–	South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters South Sydney Rabbitohs	43 (48) 185 (264) 0 (0)
Representative teams**
2001–2006 2003–2006 2002–2005	City Origin New South Wales Australia	4 (4) 10 (4) 16 (4)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 14:14, 1 January 2008 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 14:14, 1 January 2008 (UTC).

Craig Wing (born 26 December 1979, in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player. Wing currently plays at hooker for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He has also played for the Sydney Roosters, New South Wales and Australia.

1 Personal
2 Rugby league career
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

Personal

His mother is Filipina, while his father is an Australian. Wing is a graduate of Sydney Boys High School.

Rugby league career

First Grade Debut: Souths v Warriors at Ericsson Stadium, March 13,1998 (Round 1).

Roosters

Wing has played most of his professional rugby league at the Sydney Roosters. He moved to the club in 2000 and originally started as a halfback partnering Brad Fittler. Wing was later moved to hooker in 2003 when halfback Brett Finch joined the club. ^[1]. Wing has also played five-eighth on occasion. Wing has played in four NRL Grand Finals with the Roosters: 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004, a feat achieved by very few players in the NRL. He was in the team which won the 2002 Grand Final where he scored one try.

Representative career

Wing has represented the New South Wales State of Origin team, City Origin and the Australian Kangaroos. Many of his appearances have been as a reserve due to the fact that Wing can cover a number of positions.

Move to Souths

Wing announced in June 2007 that he will be leaving the Roosters at the end of the 2007 NRL season to take up a four-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the club where he started his career. ^[2] While the Roosters offer was higher, Wing said he felt more comfortable accepting the Souths offer as it was a guaranteed 4 year deal compared to the Roosters' 2 year deal with an option for a further 2 years ^[3] Wing has come under tremendous criticism for being parading in a high profile Souths press conference while still contracted at the Sydney Roosters. ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] Wing has since apologised to Sydney Roosters fans after his very public defection to South Sydney. ^[7] He was jeered on 23 June, 2007 by the Roosters fans at a game versus the Parramatta Eels, in his first game after signing for Souths. ^[8]

Trivia

In 2000, Craig Wing won the Cleo Magazine's annual Bachelor of the Year award. Wing describes Alan Jones as the biggest influence on his rugby league career. ^[9]

References

^ http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200503/s1318392.htm
^ Rabbitohs Sign Craig Wing for Four Years. Souths.com (2007-06-20). Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
^ Craig Wing To Leave Roosters. SydneyRoosters.com (2007-06-20). Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
^ Craig Mason blasts Wing's publicity stunt. NRL.com (2007-06-21). Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
^ NRL Deluxe – It Was Poor Taste!. NRL.com (2007-06-22). Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
^ Roosters give Souths a signing lesson. NRL.com (2007-06-21). Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
^ Wing sorry over 'show pony' signing. NRL.com (2007-06-21). Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
^ http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,21957122-23214,00.html?from=public_rss
^ http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/players/player_profile.php?grade=first_grade&player_name=Craig%20Wing

External links

Preceded by Anthony Field	Cleo Bachelor of the Year 2000	Succeeded by David Whitehill

• • e The 2002 Sydney Roosters premiership winning team
1. Luke Phillips • 2. Brett Mullins • 3. Shannon Hegarty • 4. Justin Hodges • 5. Anthony Minichello • 6. Brad Fittler • 7. Craig Wing 8. Jason Cayless • 9. Simon Bonetti • 10. Adrian Morley • 11. Peter Cusack • 12. Craig Fitzgibbon • 13. Luke Ricketson 14. Michael Crocker • 15. Chris Flannery • 16. Bryan Fletcher • 17. Andrew Lomu Coach. Ricky Stuart