Christian Crichton
Christian Crichton is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who plays on the for St Mary's Saints in the Ron Massey Cup and for Samoa national [rugby league team|Samoa] at international level.
He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League.
Background
Crichton was born in Apia, Samoa, and moved to Australia during his teenage years. He is the older brother of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Stephen Crichton.He played his junior rugby league for St Marys Saints in Penrith, New South Wales before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.
Playing career
Early years
From 2014 to 2016, Crichton played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team, before graduating to their Intrust Super Premiership NSW team in 2017.2018
Following an injury to Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Crichton made his NRL debut in round 3 of the NRL season">National Rugby League">NRL season against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. In round 6, Crichton scored his first NRL try in the Panthers' 35–12 victory over the Gold Coast Titans at Penrith Stadium. In May, he signed a 3-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting in 2019.2019
Crichton made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown against the New Zealand Warriors in Round 1 scoring a try in a 40–6 loss. The following week, Canterbury were defeated by arch rivals Parramatta 36–16. As a result, Crichton was demoted to reserve grade by coach Dean Pay for the following week.On 6 May, Crichton was selected for the Canterbury [Cup NSW] residents side to play against the Queensland residents representative team.