Liam Knight


Liam Knight is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League.

Background

Knight was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and moved to New South Wales at a young age.
He played his junior rugby league for The Entrance Tigers and Berkeley Vale Panthers. 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. On 8 July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.

2016

In 2016, Knight graduated to the Sea Eagles' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team. In March, he re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 1-year contract. In Round 15 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Gold Coast Titans. In September, he was released from the final year of his Sea Eagles contract to take up a 3-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting in 2017.

2017

In June, Knight was released from his Roosters' contract to join the Canberra Raiders effective immediately on a contract until the end of 2019.

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.

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.