Liam Knight
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Liam Knight
|image = Liam Knight Mounties.jpg
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|01|15}}
|birth_place = Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
|height = {{convert|194|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|106|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|PR|LK}}
|club1 = Manly Sea Eagles
|year1start = 2016
|year1end =
|appearances1 = 1
|tries1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 0
|club2 = Canberra Raiders
|year2start = 2017
|year2end = 18
|appearances2 = 9
|tries2 = 1
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 4
|club3 = South Sydney
|year3start = 2019
|year3end = 23
|appearances3 = 66
|tries3 = 3
|goals3 = 0
|fieldgoals3 = 0
|points3 = 12
|club4 = Canterbury Bulldogs
|year4start = 2023
|year4end = 24
|appearances4 = 7
|tries4 = 1
|goals4 = 0
|fieldgoals4 = 0
|points4 = 4
|updated = 29 March 2024
|club5=Hull F.C.|year5start=2025-|appearances5=6}}
Liam Knight (born 15 January 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a {{rlp|pr}} or {{rlp|lk}} forward for Hull F.C. in the Super League (SL).
Knight previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.
Background
Knight was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and moved to New South Wales at a young age.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Knight played his junior rugby league for The Entrance Tigers and Berkeley Vale Panthers.https://www.nrl.com/players/nrl-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/liam-knight/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} He was then signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
Playing career
=Early career=
From 2013 to 2015, Knight played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles' NYC team.{{cite web|url=https://nycdatabase.org/players/k/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616154528/http://nycdatabase.org/players/k/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 June 2015|title=K|publisher=Nyc Database|date=|accessdate=2016-06-20}} On 8 July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2015/07/04/pay_s_say_nsw_under_.html|title=PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side|publisher=NSWRL.com.au|date=4 July 2015|accessdate=2015-07-09}}
=2016=
In 2016, Knight graduated to the Sea Eagles' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.{{cite web|author=NRL|url=http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/03/01/teams_intrust_super_.html|title=TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership Rd 1|publisher=NSWRL|date=March 2016|accessdate=2016-06-20}} In March, he re-signed with the Manly club on a one-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.zerotackle.com/manly-re-sign-rising-star-liam-knight-20978/#aQ67geUq2hxCxuO7.97|title=Manly re-sign rising star Liam Knight|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=|accessdate=2016-06-20}} In Round 15 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Manly side against the Gold Coast Titans.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/updated-team-lists-titans-v-sea-eagles/tabid/10874/newsid/98267/default.aspx|title=Updated team lists: Titans v Sea Eagles|publisher=NRL.com|date=2016-02-28|accessdate=2016-06-20}}{{cite web|author=NRL|url=http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2016/06/20/nrl_late_mail.af_news.html|title=NRL Late Mail|publisher=Sea Eagles|date=|accessdate=2016-06-20}} In September, he was released from the final year of his Manly contract to take up a three-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting in 2017.{{cite web|author=SMH.com.au|url=http://www.zerotackle.com/knight-signs-with-roosters-23536/|title=Knight signs with Roosters|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=2016-02-14|accessdate=2016-09-04}}{{cite web|author=Roosters.com.au|url=http://www.zerotackle.com/roosters-announce-signing-of-two-players-24057/|title=Roosters announce signing of two players|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=October 2016|accessdate=2016-10-01}}
=2017=
In June, Knight was released from his Sydney Roosters contract to join the Canberra Raiders effective immediately on a contract until the end of 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.zerotackle.com/raiders-sign-michael-oldfield-liam-knight-28082/ |title=Raiders sign Michael Oldfield and Liam Knight |publisher=Zero Tackle |date= 29 June 2017|accessdate=2017-06-29}}
=2018=
In round 3 of the 2018 NRL season, he made his debut for Canberra in the 19-20 loss to the New Zealand Warriors at Canberra Stadium. In round 15 of the 2018 NRL season against the West Tigers, Knight scored his first NRL try in Canberra's 48-12 win at Campbelltown Stadium.
=2019=
Knight made his debut for South Sydney in round 1 of the 2019 NRL season against rivals the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Knight made a total of 23 appearances for Souths in 2019 as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. Knight played in all three finals games for Souths as the club reached the preliminary final but were defeated by his former club Canberra 16-10 at Canberra Stadium.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-20/nrl-south-sydney-rabbitohs-beat-manly-sea-eagles-in-semi-final/11527098/|title=South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Manly Sea Eagles 34-26 in NRL semi-final|newspaper=ABC News|date=20 September 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/09/20/rabbitohs-dig-deep-to-eliminate-sea-eagles-in-finals-thriller/|title=Rabbitohs dig deep to eliminate Sea Eagles in finals thriller|website=NRL|date=20 September 2019 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/27/canberra-raiders-end-25-year-wait-to-reach-nrl-grand-final-with-victory-over-rabbitohs/|title=Canberra Raiders end 25-year wait to reach NRL grand final with victory over Rabbitohs|website=The Guardian|date=27 September 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/its-a-joke-legend-steve-roach-takes-aim-at-nrl-over-sam-burgess-jared-waereahargreaves-charges/news-story/301d11eceb6a423824470d63f517e294/|title=Legend Steve Roach takes aim at NRL over Sam Burgess, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves charges|website=Fox Sports|date=6 September 2019 }}
=2020=
In week 2 of the NRL 2020 finals series, Knight played his 50th NRL game scoring a try in a 38-24 victory against Parramatta.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-finals-2020-parramatta-eels-v-south-sydney-rabbitohs-crazy-try-mitchell-moses-missed-kick-video-watch/news-story/03d22145f4d59930e2411751073975fa/|title=WTF was that?! Eels implode with TWO howlers in 60 seconds of madness|website=www.foxsports.com.au|date=10 October 2020 }}
Knight played a total of 19 games for Souths in the 2020 NRL season including all three of the club's
=2021=
Knight played 11 games for South Sydney in the 2021 NRL season. Knight did not feature in South Sydney's finals campaign or their 2021 NRL Grand Final loss to Penrith.
=2022=
Knight played eight games for South Sydney in the 2022 NRL season but did not feature in the clubs finals campaign as they reached the preliminary final before losing to Penrith.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-24/nrl-penrith-panthers-defeats-south-sydney-rabbitohs/101470088/|title=Penrith Panthers defeat South Sydney Rabbitohs 32-12 to qualify for third straight NRL grand final|newspaper=ABC News|date=24 September 2022 }}
= 2023 =
On 24 July, Knight was granted a release from his contract with South Sydney and signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the remainder of the season and 2024.{{Cite web |title=Rabbitohs star makes shock mid-season club switch |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/news-2023-liam-knight-leaves-south-sydney-rabbitohs-signs-with-canterbury-bulldogs/f4d5ea0b-6e25-4c25-85e7-5257b525a125 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=wwos.nine.com.au |date=24 July 2023 |language=en}}
=2024=
Knight only played two matches with Canterbury in the 2024 NRL season. On 24 December, it was announced that Knight had been released by the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.zerotackle.com/bulldogs-confirm-departures-of-ten-players-217981/|title=Bulldogs confirm departures of ten players|website=www.zerotackle.com}}
= 2025 =
On 3 March, Hull FC announced that they had signed Knight for the 2025 season.{{Cite web |last=Tomlinson |first=Daniel |date=2025-03-01 |title=New Hull FC recruit Liam Knight starts training with debut admission made |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/liam-knight-prediction-made-new-9980331 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Hull Live |language=en}}
He made his début coming off the bench for Hull FC on 6 March 2025 v Leigh Leopards
Statistics
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Team !Games !Tries !Pts |
| 2016
|{{leagueicon|Manly|16}} Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |1 | | |
| 2018
|{{leagueicon|Canberra|16}} Canberra Raiders |9 |1 |4 |
| 2019
| rowspan="4" |{{leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} South Sydney Rabbitohs |23 |2 |8 |
| 2020
|19 |1 |4 |
| 2021
|11 | | |
| 2022
|8 | | |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|{{leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} South Sydney Rabbitohs |5 | | |
| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|5 |1 |4 |
| 2024
|{{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |2 | | |
| 2025
|{{leagueicon|Hull|13}} Hull FC |6 | | |
| |Totals
|89 |5 |20 |
Controversy
On 16 March 2016, Knight was charged with high range drink driving and exceeding the speed limit. Police claimed to have clocked him doing 137 kilometres per hour in a 70 kilometre zone. Knight was arrested, before being subjected to a breath test where he returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.176. He was also issued with a licence suspension notice and his licence was immediately confiscated. He was then stood down by the Sea Eagles.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/manly-sea-eagles-liam-knight-charged-with-speeding-and-highrange-drink-driving/news-story/84ba5573113e6fd359440b6a2c60b54c|title=Manly Sea Eagles' Liam Knight charged with speeding and high-range drink driving|publisher=Dailytelegraph.com.au|date=2016-03-16|accessdate=2016-06-20}}
Personal life
Knight is currently in a relationship with Sports Reporter Danika Mason.{{Cite news |title=NRL star Liam Knight goes Insta-official with 9 presenter Danika Mason |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-star-liam-knight-goes-instaofficial-with-9-presenter-danika-mason/news-story/f980bb553035d2d4bbbb60b7216fe242 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121022019/https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-star-liam-knight-goes-instaofficial-with-9-presenter-danika-mason/news-story/f980bb553035d2d4bbbb60b7216fe242 |archive-date=2025-01-21 |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=News.com.au |language=en-GB}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{URL|https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/liam-knight/|South Sydney Rabbitohs profile}}
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228223136/https://www.raiders.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/canberra-raiders/liam-knight/|title=Canberra Raiders profile|date=28 February 2018}}
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218202552/https://www.roosters.com.au/team/profiles/liam_knight.html|title=Sydney Roosters profile|date=18 February 2017}}
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Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Canberra Raiders players
Category:Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
Category:Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
Category:Rugby league players from the Northern Territory