Ryan Sutton

Ryan Sutton (born 2 August 1995) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Ryan Sutton

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Robert Sutton^[1]
Born	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 27)^[2] Billinge Higher End, Wigan, England^[citation needed]
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–18 Wigan Warriors 118 11 0 0 44 2015(loan) → Workington Town 3 0 0 0 0 2019–22 Canberra Raiders 75 4 0 0 16 2023– Canterbury Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 0 Total 197 15 0 0 60 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019 England 9s 3 1 0 0 5
Source: ^[3]^[4]^[5] As of 14 August 2022

He previously played for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League and the Wigan Warriors in the Super League, and on loan from Wigan at Workington Town in the Kingstone Press Championship.

Background

Sutton was born in Billinge, England. His father is Matthew Sutton, mother Alison Sutton née Johnson and brother Aidan Sutton.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Sutton made his team début as a substitute on 21 April 2014 in an 84–6 sweep over the Bradford Bulls.^[6] He made his first starting appearance for Wigan against Salford.

He played in the 2016 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.^[7]

He played in the 2017 Challenge Cup Final defeat by Hull F.C. at Wembley Stadium.^[8]

He played in the 2018 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.^[9]

Sutton signed with the Canberra Raiders for the 2019 NRL season.^[10]

Sutton made a total of 20 appearances for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season as the club reached their first grand final in 25 years. He did not play in the 2019 NRL Grand Final in which Canberra were defeated by the Sydney Roosters 14-8 at ANZ Stadium.^[11]

On March 3, 2022 The Daily Telegraph reported that Sutton had signed a three-year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs from 2023 onwards. He made his club debut in Round 1 in their 31-6 loss to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

International career

In July 2018 he was selected in the England Knights Performance squad.^[12]

He was selected in England 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.^[13]

References

1. Companies House
2. "Ryan Sutton Wigan Warriors". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
3. loverugbyleague
4. RLP
5. Canberra Raiders
6. "Super League: Wigan Warriors thrash Bradford Bulls 84-6". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
7. "Warrington 6-12 Wigan: Super League Grand Final – as it happened!". Guardian. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
8. "Hull FC 18-14 Wigan recap as the Black and Whites claim back-to-back Challenge Cup triumphs". Mirror. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
9. "Super League Grand Final 2018: Wigan 12-4 Warrington – as it happened". Guardian. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
10. "Sutton to join Canberra Raiders". BBC Sport. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
11. "Raiders to re-sign Whitehead, Sutton". NRL.
12. "Ten new additions in England Knights squad". loverugbyleague. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
13. "Sam Tomkins eager to lift inaugural World 9s title with England Down Under". Mirror. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

External links

• Canberra Raiders profile
• Wigan Warriors profile
• SL profile