Clay Priest

Clay Priest (born 5 February 1989) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays as a and . He has previously played for the Canberra Raiders. He currently plays for the Mudgee Dragons in the Western Premiership

Background Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Priest played his junior rugby league for Brothers Penrith, before being signed by the Mount Pritchard Mounties.

Playing career

Early career In 2014, Priest joined the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the New South Wales Cup, while training with NRL side Canberra Raiders during the pre-season.

2016 After impressing for the Mounties, Priest was handed a second-tier contract with the Raiders and made his NRL debut for them against the Wests Tigers in round 8 of the 2016 NRL season. On 18 August, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018. He finished his debut season with 14 NRL matches.

2017 Priest played 17 NRL matches for the Raiders during the 2017 season. In November, he signed a contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the 2018 season, in a swap deal with Bulldogs player Brad Abbey joining the Raiders.

2018 On 27 August, Priest was one of the players announced by Canterbury to be leaving at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed by the club.