Phoenix Crossland

Phoenix Crossland (born 7 July 2000) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League and for New Zealand at international level.

He played as a and earlier in his career.

Background Crossland was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and moved to Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia with his family as a child. and played 9 games for their Jersey Flegg Cup team. In November 2018, he re-signed with the Newcastle outfit on a three-year contract until the end of 2021. On 1 July, he was named 20th man for the New South Wales under-20s side. In round 16 of the 2019 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Newcastle club, in a loss to the New Zealand Warriors, becoming the first person to play for Newcastle born in the 2000s.

2020 Crossland made six appearances for Newcastle in the 2020 NRL season as the club reached the finals for the first time since 2013.

2021 Crossland made nine appearances for Newcastle in the 2021 NRL season as the club reached the finals for a second consecutive year. Crossland did not feature in the club's elimination final loss to Parramatta.

2022 Crossland made a total of 19 appearances for Newcastle in the 2022 NRL season scoring one try as the club finished 14th on the table.

2023 Crossland played a total of 25 games for Newcastle in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 5th on the table. Crossland played in both finals games as Newcastle were eliminated in the second week of the finals by the New Zealand Warriors.

2024 Crossland played every game for Newcastle in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished 8th and qualified for the finals. Crossland played in the clubs elimination final loss against North Queensland.

At the end of the season, Crossland was selected to make his test debut for New Zealand. He scored his first try in his second game whilst also being picked as New Zealand's MVP in the same game.

2025 On 20 March, Newcastle announced that Crossland had re-signed with the club for a further two years. Crossland made 23 appearances for Newcastle in the 2025 NRL season as the club finished with the wooden spoon for a fifth time.

Statistics denotes season competing