Riley Price

Riley Price (born 7 June 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row, prop, lock forward for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League

Riley Price

Personal information
Full name	Riley Price
Born	(2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 24) Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Prop, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2023 North Qld Cowboys 2 0 0 0 0 2024– Penrith Panthers 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 7 April 2023
Father	Steve Price
Relatives	Brent Tate (uncle) Jamie-Lee Price (sister)

He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background

Price was born in Hurstville, New South Wales while his father Steve, a Queensland and Australian representative, was playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in Sydney.^[2]

In 2005, Price moved to Auckland when his father joined the New Zealand Warriors. In Auckland, he played his first junior rugby league for the Mt Albert Lions.^[3][4] Price returned to Australia when he was 15 years old, living on the Sunshine Coast and playing rugby league for the Kawana Dolphins.^[5] After attending Mount Albert Grammar School while based in Auckland,^[6] Price continued his schooling at Caloundra State High School upon returning to Australia^[7] before graduating from Mountain Creek State High School in 2018. ^[8]

His uncle, Brent Tate, is also a former Queensland and Australian representative.^[9] His sister, Jamie-Lee Price, plays for Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball and has represented Australia a member of the Diamonds netball squad.^[10][11]

Playing career

Early career

In 2018, Price played for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Mal Meninga Cup and Hastings Deering Colts competitions.^[12][13]

In 2019, after starting the season with the Falcons, Price signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played for the Townsville Blackhawks under-20s side.^[14][15][16]

In 2020, he was named in the Queensland under-20 Emerging Origin squad.^[17]

In 2021, Price played for the Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup and re-signed with the Cowboys until the end of 2023, joining their NRL squad.^[18] While on a development contract, he spent the entire 2022 season playing in the Queensland Cup.^[19]

2023

In round 5 of the 2023 NRL season, Price made his first-grade debut against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, coincidentally the club his father played for^[20] at Stadium Australia. This game ended in a 15-14 loss to the Cowboys during golden point extra-time.^[21] His second, and to date only other, first-grade game was the following week, a 32-22 loss to the Dolphins at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.