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Riley Price

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Riley Price
Personal information
Full nameRiley Price
Born (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 25)
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Prop, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–23 North Qld Cowboys 2 0 0 0 0
2024–25 Penrith Panthers 1 0 0 0 0
2026– New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 1 August 2026
FatherSteve Price
RelativesBrent Tate (uncle)
Jamie-Lee Price (sister)

Riley Price (born 7 June 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row, prop, lock forward for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL).

He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL.

Background

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Price was born in Hurstville, New South Wales while his father Steve, a Queensland and Australian representative, was playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in Sydney.[2]

In 2005, Price moved to Auckland when his father joined the New Zealand Warriors. In Auckland, he played his first junior rugby league for the Mt Albert Lions.[3][4] Price returned to Australia when he was 15 years old, living on the Sunshine Coast and playing rugby league for the Kawana Dolphins.[5] After attending Mount Albert Grammar School while based in Auckland,[6] Price continued his schooling at Caloundra State High School upon returning to Australia[7] before graduating from Mountain Creek State High School in 2018.[8]

His uncle, Brent Tate, is also a former Queensland and Australian representative.[9] His sister, Jamie-Lee Price, plays for Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball and has represented Australia a member of the Diamonds netball squad.[10][11]

Playing career

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Early career

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In 2018, Price played for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Mal Meninga Cup and Hastings Deering Colts competitions.[12][13]

In 2019, after starting the season with the Falcons, Price signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played for the Townsville Blackhawks under-20s side.[14][15][16]

In 2020, he was named in the Queensland under-20 Emerging Origin squad.[17]

In 2021, Price played for the Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup and re-signed with the Cowboys until the end of 2023, joining their NRL squad.[18] While on a development contract, he spent the entire 2022 season playing in the Queensland Cup.[19]

2023 & 2024

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In round 5 of the 2023 NRL season, Price made his first-grade debut against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, coincidentally the club his father played for[20] at Stadium Australia. This game ended in a 15-14 loss to North Queensland during golden point extra-time.[21] His second first grade game was the following week, a 32-22 loss to the Dolphins at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. At the end of 2023, Price signed a contract to join Penrith. During the 2024 season, he played for the clubs NSW Cup team making 19 appearances.

2025

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In round 26 of the 2025 NRL season, Price made his club debut for Penrith against Canterbury.[22] On 9 September, it was announced that Price would be departing Penrith at the end of the 2025 NRL season after not being offered a new contract by the club.[23]

2026

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On 29 June 2026, the New Zealand Warriors announced the signing of Price for the remainder of the Warriors' season.[24] On 1 August, Price made his debut in a 42–6 win against the Gold Coast Titans.[25]

References

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  1. ↑ "Riley Price - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Blackhawks to debut Riley Price, son of Queensland legend Steve Price". Townsville Bulletin. 9 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Price: Growing up I've been lucky to have him by my side". NQ Cowboys. 28 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Central teams lose in contests". Stuff.co.nz. 28 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Whirlwind ride to NRL stardom set to culminate for Cowboys young gun Riley Price". Sporting News. 2 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cowboys homecoming ahead of clash with Warriors". 1News. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Riley Price Caloundra".
  8. ↑ "Mountain Creek SHS Rugby League School of Excellence". Facebook. Meta. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Riley Price on his unique Johnathan Thurston connection, family ties to Cowboys". Townsville Bulletin. 9 February 2023.
  10. ↑ Valuable in her own right New Zealand Herald, 25 November 2002
  11. ↑ Catalano, Alex (19 August 2021). "Family is everything: Jamie-Lee Price at home in Queensland". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "QRL U18 Mal Meninga Cup - 2018 Round 6". League Unlimited. 10 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "QRL U20 Hastings Deering Colts - 2018 Round 21". League Unlimited. 31 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "QRL U20 Hastings Deering Colts - 2019 Round 11". League Unlimited. 21 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Riley Price". 18thman.com. November 2019.
  16. ↑ "17 Cowboys contracted players set for QRL finals today". NQ Cowboys. 5 September 2019.
  17. ↑ "Cowboys named in 2020 Qld U20s Emerging Origin squad". NQ Cowboys. 22 December 2019.
  18. ↑ "Cowboys re-sign young trio". NQ Cowboys. 12 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "2022 Cowboys allocations". Townsville Blackhawks. 1 February 2022.
  20. ↑ @nthqldcowboys (28 March 2023). "Riley Price will make his NRL debut this Sunday against the @NRL_Bulldogs, the club his dad, Steve, played 222 games for between 1994-04" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  21. ↑ "Cowboys team list: Round 5 v Bulldogs". NQ Cowboys. 28 March 2023.
  22. ↑ "Bulldogs v Panthers". www.nrl.com.
  23. ↑ "Penrith Panthers confirm 13 player departures". www.zerotackle.com.
  24. ↑ "Steve Price's son Riley signs with Warriors on two-year deal". 1News. 29 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  25. ↑ Goile, Aaron (1 August 2026). "Warriors make father-son history in trouncing Gold Coast Titans for biggest win of NRL season". The Post. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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