Craig Izzard

Craig Izzard (born 20 July 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Penrith Panthers, Parramatta Eels, Balmain Tigers and the Illawarra Steelers in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia, initially as a centre and latterly as a second-row. He also had a short stint at the Leeds club in England in 1989.

Craig Izzard
Personal information
Born (1964-07-20) 20 July 1964
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–87 Penrith Panthers 41 1 0 0 4
1988–90 Parramatta Eels 40 6 0 0 24
1989–90 Leeds RLFC 12 3 0 0 12
1991 Balmain Tigers 8 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Illawarra Steelers 30 2 0 0 8
Total 131 12 0 0 48
Source: [1]

Playing career

Younger brother of Brad Izzard and older to Grant, began his career at local club Penrith captaining their reserve grade side to a premiership in 1987 playing at centre. Moved to Parramatta after his lack of opportunities with Penrith where he won the clubman of the year award in 1989[2] before finding it difficult again to hold down a regular first grade spot he moved to the Illawarra Steelers transforming himself into a tireless second-row.

Post playing

In 2004, Izzard become manager of the New South Wales Residents rugby league side.[3]

In 2017, he was found corrupt by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for agreeing to accept bribes in exchange for not investigating unlawful asbestos dumping during his employment as an anti-dumping investigator.

A former investigator with the Western Sydney Regional Illegal Dumping Squad (RIDS), was found to have engaged in "serious corrupt conduct" by the commission on Tuesday. The matter was then referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the consideration of criminal charges.[4]

He also featured in an ABC Four Corners investigation Trashed: The dirty truth about your rubbish, by Caro Meldrum-Hanna which went to air 7 August 2017.

References
  1. "Craig Izzard - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Parramatta Eels honour roll" Archived 23 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 23 June 2006
  3. "New South Wales 2004" Archived 8 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 23 June 2006
  4. "Former rugby league player Craig Izzard found corrupt by ICAC". 21 June 2017.
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