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Michael Ennis

Ennis playing for the Broncos in 2008
Personal information
Nickname	Ennis the Menace
Born	March 16, 1984 (1984-03-16) (age 26)
	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)
Weight	13 st 11 lbs (88 kg)
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–04	Newcastle Knights	20	2	0	0	8
2005	St. George Illawarra	24	5	44	0	108
2006–08	Brisbane Broncos	42	8	63	0	158
2009–	Bulldogs	25	2	1	0	10
	Total	111	17	108	0	284
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009	Country Origin	1	0	0	0	0
2009	New South Wales	1	0	3	0	6
Source: NRL Stats

Michael Ennis (born 16 March, 1984 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Sydney's Bulldogs club of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights.

Brisbane Broncos

Ennis' first season at the Broncos, in 2006, was cut short by a knee injury suffered in round 5 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium. While changing direction, Ennis snapped his anterior cruciate ligament and required a full knee reconstruction. Ennis missed the rest of the season, and subsequently, the premiership win in October.

In 2007, Ennis made a return to first grade but was forced to work for his place in the side as a result of the good form of Shaun Berrigan at hooker. After some appearances from the interchange bench earlier in the season, Ennis was trialled at halfback during the final stages of Brisbane's round 10 loss to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. He was retained in this position in the ensuing games with some success.

2008 saw Ennis reach the best form of his time at the Broncos. With stiff competition from high profile recruit PJ Marsh, Ennis cemented a spot as the starting hooker and guided the Broncos to some impressive early victories.

In June 2008, Ennis signed a three year deal to join the Bulldogs in 2009, joining a list of players to leave the Broncos. This was to be his 4th NRL club at only 24 years of age.

Bulldogs

Ennis joined the Bulldogs from the Broncos for the 2009 season.^[1] He was selected for Country in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.^[2]

He was selected to play for NSW against QLD in Origin III on July 6th 2009.

He filled the full-time goal-kicking role in 2010, replacing Hazem El Masri, who retired in 2009. Ennis landed 0 of 4 attempts in the 2010 season opening round against Newcastle, one of his old clubs.

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary

Matches played

References

External links

• Michael Ennis at the Canterbury Bulldogs official website.
• Official Michael Ennis NRL profile