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Anthony Watts born 12 September 1986 in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia is a boxer and a retired rugby league player, having played at the North Queensland Cowboys and Cronulla Sharks. He mostly played at hooker. ==NRL career== Watts made his NRL debut for the Cronulla Sharks in 2007. He played in 5 games in the back half of the season, playing halfback or from the bench. In 2008, Watts joined the North Queensland Cowboys. He scored a try in his first two games with, but his next ten games played were all losses. In 2009, Watts was still playing mostly from the bench, but towards the end of the year he made his first appearances as starting hooker. 2010 was Watts most successful year. He played in 21 games and scored 4 tries. Watts joined the Sydney Roosters in 2011 on a 3-year deal. Watts fell into disrepute when he was allegedly involved in an altercation with his girlfriend which resulted in him being charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. At the time of the incident, Watts was in the company of fellow Roosters player, Todd Carney. Roosters CEO Steve Noyce said, "Anthony Watts has been suspended effective immediately and will be issued with a breach notice. The club has worked closely with Anthony in the past to address a number of issues, including anti-social behaviour, and this decision stands regardless of what the court decides." Watts never played first grade with the Roosters He signed with the Widnes Vikings for the 2012 season where he hoped to revive his career.〔()〕 Anthony settled well into the new look Vikings team and played in several pre-season friendlies, winning plaudits from many of the Vikings fans for his ability and exciting attacking play, but on 19 February 2012 suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament just 10 minutes into his Super League debut during the defeat by Salford City Reds, leading to an anticipated minimum six month lay off. Despite this, he signed an extension to his contract on 1 May 2012 which was designed to keep him at the club until the end of 2013. Barely a week later he was released by the Vikings, with immediate effect in order to return home for personal reasons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Watts (rugby league)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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