Clydsdale playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016.
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Personal information
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Scone, New South Wales, Australia |
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Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Clydsdale (born 13 February 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays at hooker and previously played for the Newcastle Knights.
Born in Scone, New South Wales, Clydsdale played his junior rugby league for the Scone Thoroughbreds, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.
Clydsdale is the grandson of Australian international Don "Bandy" Adams.
In 2009, Clydsdale played for the Newcastle Knights' Harold Matthews Cup team and won the Knights' Harold Matthews Cup Player of the Year award. In 2011, he played in the Knights' 2011 S. G. Ball Cup Grand Final win over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning the Knights' S. G. Ball Cup Player of the Year award and Player's Player award. In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Knights' NYC team. At the end of 2012, he won the Knights' NYC Player of the Year award and Player's Player award. In November and December 2012, he attended the Blues Origin Pathways camp designed for possible future New South Wales State of Origin representatives.
In 2013, Clydsdale captained the Knights' NYC team. In Round 9 of the 2013 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Canberra Raiders. On 10 May, he re-signed with the Knights on a 3-year contract after rejecting an offer from the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. He played in 2 matches for the Knights in the 2013 season.