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Ryan Shortland (born 27 January 1986 in Masterton, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who currently plays for the Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. Before switching to rugby union, he previously played rugby league in the NRL. ==Rugby league== Of Māori heritage, Shortland was born in Masterton but grew up in Australia. Shortland started playing rugby league for the Coogee Wombats in Sydney. Shortland signed with the Melbourne Storm and was sent by the Storm to play in the Queensland Cup with the Norths Devils.〔(Easts fail to kick on and settle for a Draw ) ''QLD Cup'', 19 March〕 He played one first grade game for the club in Round Two of 2007. A knee ligament injury playing for Brisbane Norths in the Queensland Cup ended Shortland's year soon after. Shortland signed a one-year contract with the Warriors for the 2008 season.〔 〕 However he could not break into first grade, being stuck behind international centres Brent Tate and Jerome Ropati. As a result, he was not re-signed for the 2009 season. 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「Ryan Shortland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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