Brandon Wakeham

Brandon Wakeham (born 11 January 1999) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Brandon Wakeham
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Wakeham
Born (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Canterbury Bulldogs 10 1 3 0 10
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Fiji 3 1 16 0 36
As of 20 July 2019
Source: [1]

Background

Wakeham was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Fijian and Lebanese descent.[2]

He played his junior rugby league for Chester Hill Hornets.

Playing career

He made his international debut for Fiji in their 56-14 victory vs Lebanon in the 2019 Pacific Test, where he scored 20 points in the match.[3]

In round 15 of the 2019 season, Wakeham made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs off the interchange bench in his sides 14-12 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Wakeham played majority of the game at five-eighth after Kieran Foran left the field in the early stages due to injury.

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References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Fiji Bati thrashes Lebanon". FBC News. 22 June 2019.
  3. "Fiji vs Lebanon". Wide World of Sports. 22 June 2019.
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