Josh Addo-Carr

Joshua Addo-Carr (born 28 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.

He played in all 3 games as New South Wales won 2–1 and retained the shield for the first time since 2005.

At club level, Addo-Carr made 23 appearances and scored 16 tries as Melbourne finished as minor premiers.

Melbourne would go on to reach the preliminary final against the Sydney Roosters but were defeated 14–6.

In 2012, Addo-Carr played with the South Sydney Rabbitohs SG Ball team before being released due to an off-field incident.

He was then signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Addo-Carr is the grandson of Australian former boxer, Wally Carr.

In 2014 and 2015, Addo-Carr played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks' National Youth Competition team where he scored 28 tries in 44 matches.

He played in all three games as New South Wales won their first origin shield since 2014.

On 23 September 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Wests Tigers starting in 2016.

In Round 7, Addo-Carr made his NRL debut for the Wests Tigers against the Melbourne Storm, scoring a try.

Coincidentally, Suliasi Vunivalu made his debut on that same day opposite Addo-Carr for the Storm, also scoring a try on debut, Vunivalu would go on to be Addo-Carr's wing partner during his tenure at the Melbourne-based club.

In September, he was named on the wing in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.

Addo-Carr made his Melbourne Storm debut in round 1 of the season against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Belmore Sports Ground.

In Round 3 against the Brisbane Broncos, Addo-Carr scored his first club try for Melbourne in the final minutes to win the match 14–12 at AAMI Park.

On 7 May, he represented City Origin against Country Origin, playing on the wing in the 20–10 win at Mudgee.

In round 25 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Addo-Carr scored his first career hat-trick of tries in the 64–6 win at AAMI Park.

Addo-Carr is a dual premiership winner 2017 and 2020 with the Melbourne Storm and 2021 World Cup winner.

He began his career with the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

Addo-Carr won the 2017 and the 2020 NRL Premiership with the Storm.

On 6 June, he signed a three-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2017.

On 31 August 2017, Addo-Carr extended his contract with Melbourne to the end of the 2021 season.

He went on to play in 2017 NRL Grand Final and scored two tries to help seal the premiership for the Storm.

At representative level he has played for the Indigenous All Stars, NSW City and helped New South Wales win the 2018 State of Origin in his Origin debut series.

He is known as one of the fastest players in the NRL.

Addo-Carr was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Aboriginal descent: from Gunggandji, Birrbay & Wiradjuri people.

Addo-Carr first picked up a football playing for the Doonside Roos as a three-year-old, before his family moved to Earlwood, New South Wales, where he began playing rugby league for the Earlwood Saints.

Addo-Carr attended Matraville Sports High School as a teenager and played his junior rugby league for the La Perouse Panthers and Moore Park.

In 2018, Addo-Carr was selected to play for New South Wales in the 2018 State of Origin series.

In the 2018 NRL Grand Final, Carr scored an 85-metre intercept try in the 21–6 loss to the Sydney Roosters, bringing his year tally to 18 tries from 25 games.

Before the start of the 2019 State of Origin series, Addo-Carr was one of the New South Wales players who declared they would not sing the Australian National Anthem.

On 7 October 2019, Addo-Carr Made his international debut for Australia Kangaroos in squads for both the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s and Oceania Cup fixtures.

On 27 April, Addo-Carr was fined $1000 by the NRL and placed under investigation after he broke strict lockdown protocols with fellow player Latrell Mitchell by going on a weekend camping trip during the Coronavirus pandemic.

He was also placed in further scrutiny for use of a firearm after he posed with and fired a gun in a video posted on his Instagram page.

The next day, he was fined an additional $50,000 by the NRL for breaching strict self isolation protocols and for bringing the game into disrepute.

At club level, he went on to win the 2020 NRL Grand Final at Melbourne, finishing his season with 16 tries in 21 appearances.

He was later on selected on the wing to represent New South Wales in the 2020 State of Origin series, scoring two tries in their 14–18 loss in game 1, and two tries in the 34–10 victory in game 2.

NSW would end up losing the series 2–1 after defeat to Queensland in Game 3.

On 16 December 2020, he signed a four-year deal to join Canterbury-Bankstown from 2022 onwards.

In round 9 of the 2021 NRL season, Addo-Carr scored six tries in Melbourne's 50–0 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs.