{{short description|Australian professional rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Adam Quinlan |fullname = Adam Quinlan |image = Adam Quinlan.jpg |imagesize = 290 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|11|13}}<ref name=" Superleague">{{cite web|url= https://www.superleague.co.uk/matchday/player/20760|title= Adam Quinlan St. Helens|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2015|website= www.superleague.co.uk|publisher= Rugby Football League|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref> |birth_place = Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia |height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref name=" Superleague"/> |weight = {{convert|82|kg|stlb|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref name=" Superleague"/> |position = {{rlp|FB|SO}} |club1 = St. George Illawarra |year1start = 2013 |year1end = 14 |appearances1 = 25 |tries1 = 8 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 32 |club2 = {{nowrap|St Helens}} |year2start = 2015 |year2end = |appearances2 = 12 |tries2 = 6 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 24 |club3 = St. George Illawarra |year3start = 2016 |year3end = |appearances3 = 4 |tries3 = 1 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 4 |club4 = {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}} |year4start = 2017 |year4end = 21 |appearances4 = 65 |tries4 = 30 |goals4 = 0 |fieldgoals4 = 0 |points4 = 120 |new = yes |retired = yes |source = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adam-quinlan/summary.html|title=Adam Quinlan – Career Stats & Summary|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=1992-11-13|accessdate=2016-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Adam-Quinlan/|title=Adam Quinlan Player Stats|publisher=Loverugbyleague.com|date=2015-07-17|accessdate=2016-05-01|archive-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204183522/http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Adam-Quinlan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |updated = 1 Jan 2022 }}
'''Adam Quinlan''' (born 13 November 1992) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a {{rlp|fb}} for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.
He has previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in two separate spells in the NRL and St Helens in the Super League.
==Background== Quinlan was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
==Playing career== ===St. George Illawarra (2013–14)=== Quinlan played his junior rugby league for the Culburra Dolphins, before being signed by St. George Illawarra.
In 2012, Quinlan played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' National Youth Competition team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nycdatabase.org/players/q/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702175031/http://nycdatabase.org/players/q/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 July 2015|title=Q|date=27 December 2012|publisher=Nyc Database|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rleague.com/players/adam-quinlan_3740/Stats/|accessdate=4 February 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812033426/http://rleague.com/players/adam-quinlan_3740/Stats/|archivedate=12 August 2013|title=Adam Quinlan: Stats}}</ref> <!-- thumb|right|Quinlan playing for the Illawarra Cutters in 2013 -->
In 2013, Quinlan graduated onto the St. George Illawarra New South Wales Cup team, the Illawarra Cutters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2013/03/26/illawarra-cutters-team-list-round-4.html|title=Illawarra Cutters Team List: Round 4|publisher=Dragons.com.au|accessdate=2015-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703103729/http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2013/03/26/illawarra-cutters-team-list-round-4.html|archive-date=3 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In round 9 of the 2013 NRL season, he made his NRL début for St. George against the Gold Coast playing at {{rlp|fb}} in club's 15–14 loss, at Cbus Super Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dragons.com.au/news-display/Late-Mail-Round-9/74461|accessdate=4 February 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234930/http://www.dragons.com.au/news-display/Late-Mail-Round-9/74461|archivedate=2 December 2013|title=Late Mail: Round 9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/gold-coast-titans-field-goal-seals-one-point-thriller-against-st-george-illawarra-dragons/story-fn2mcuj6-1226640583881?nk=384b5f4da26cb41434e517c9fd789e7b|title=Gold Coast Titans field goal seals one-point thriller against St George Illawarra Dragons|publisher=Foxsports.com.au|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref>
In only his third match in round 19, he scored his first NRL career try in the St. George's 22–18 win, over South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/live-nrl-south-sydney-rabbitohs-v-st-george-illawarra-dragons/story-fni3gki8-1226683337916|title=South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Illwarra Dragons|publisher=Dailytelegraph.com.au|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref>
On 31 July 2013, he re-signed with St. George on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/quinlan-re-signs-with-dragons-10603/|title=Quinlan re-signs with Dragons | NRL|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=2013-07-31|accessdate=2015-07-10|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315172259/http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/quinlan-re-signs-with-dragons-10603/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He finished off his début year in the NRL having played in 10 matches and scoring 5 tries in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/OS0xNjI5LTQtLS0tLS0yMDIyMC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQ==|title=Custom Match List|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=2015-02-02|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref>
In February 2014, Quinlan played for St. George in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines. He finished off the 2014 season having played in 15 matches and scoring three tries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/squads-auckland-nines/|title=Squads For Auckland Nines|publisher=Rugby League Week|date=2014-02-14|accessdate=2015-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115214258/http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/squads-auckland-nines/|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/OS0xNjQ0LTQtLS0tLS0yMDIyMC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQ==|title=Custom Match List|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=2015-02-03|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref>
===Parramatta Eels (2015)=== On 27 January 2015, Quinlan signed a one-year contract with the Parramatta Eels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2015/01/27/quinlan_joins_parram.html|title=Quinlan Joins Parramatta Eels|publisher=Parraeels.com.au|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref>
Quinlan played for the Wentworthville Magpies, Parramatta's feeder club in the Intrust Super Premiership.<ref name="Adam Quinlan joins St Helens from Parramatta amid full-back crisis">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/01/adam-quinlan-st-helens-parramatta-full-back-crisis|title=Adam Quinlan joins St Helens from Parramatta amid full-back crisis|work=The Guardian|date=1 July 2015|accessdate=14 February 2017}}</ref> [[File:adamquinlan2015.jpg|thumb|upright|Quinlan playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2015]]
===St Helens (2015)=== On 2 July 2015, without playing a first-grade game for the Parramatta Eels. He joined Super League club St. Helens. The move came mid-season effective immediately, after being released from his Parramatta contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/02/parras-quinlan-signs-super-league|title=Parra's Quinlan signs with Super League | SBS News|publisher=Sbs.com.au|date=2015-07-02|accessdate=2015-07-10}}</ref>
Quinlan made 12 appearances and scored 6 tries for the St Helens, in a short-spell at the club.
===St. George Illawarra Dragons (2016)=== In 2016, Quinlan returned to St. George Illawarra on a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/quinlan-returns-to-dragons-19862/#xyrFy00qiUK4X9V1.97|title=Quinlan returns to Dragons | NRL|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=2014-07-27|accessdate=2015-12-01|archive-date=2 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202220146/http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/quinlan-returns-to-dragons-19862/#xyrFy00qiUK4X9V1.97|url-status=dead}}</ref> thumb|upright|Quinlan playing for Illawarra in 2016 Quinlan was a member of the Illawarra Cutters side which won the 2016 New South Wales Cup, with a subsequent 21–20 victory over the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the final.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/09/25/cutters_win_the_gran.html| title = Cutters Win The Grand Final - NSWRL}}</ref>
Quinlan then went onto play in the State Championship match at Stadium Australia against Queensland Cup winners the Burleigh Bears, with the Illawarra Cutters winning the match 54–12, with Quinlan scoring a try.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/qrl/state-championship-2016-burleigh-bears-fairytale-season-over-as-illawarra-cutters-run-riot-5412/news-story/274b57afa075c164dd7cd581d81febcb| title = The Courier Mail }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
===Hull Kingston Rovers (2017 – 2021)=== Quinlan joined Hull Kingston Rovers in the Championship on a two-year contract, prior to the start of the 2017 season. Quinlan earned promotion with Hull Kingston Rovers back to the Super League in his first season with the club.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zero Tackle|url=https://www.zerotackle.com/hull-kr-sign-fullback-adam-quinlan-24797/|title=Hull KR sign fullback Adam Quinlan|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=2016-12-22|accessdate=2017-02-14}}</ref> It was revealed on 4 July 2018, that Quinlan had signed a two-year contract extension, to extend his stay beyond the 2018 rugby league season and to remain at Hull Kingston Rovers until at least the end of the 2020 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 July 2018|title=Quinlan signs contract extension|url=http://mobile.twitter.com/hullkrofficial/status/1014577081613774859}}</ref>
On 9 September 2018, during a 38–24 Qualifiers triumph during a game against Halifax, Quinlan unfortunately suffered a season ending anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury that required corrective surgery and that would prove to rule him out of action for the foreseeable future.
In December 2021 Adam Quinlan announced his retirement from rugby league<ref>{{cite web|date=9 December 2021|title=Hull KR full-back retires|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/tony-smith-adam-quinlan-claim-6328236}}</ref> On 7 December 2021, Quinlan confirmed that he would retire after he failed to secure another contract with an English club, following his exit from Hull KR.<ref>{{cite web|website=St Helens Reporter|date=7 Dec 2021|accessdate=1 Jan 2022|title=Former St Helens and Hull KR full-back Adam Quinlan has decided to call time on his playing career at the age of 29|url=https://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/former-st-helens-full-back-adam-quinlan-calls-time-on-playing-career-at-29-3485291 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214221426/https://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/former-st-helens-full-back-adam-quinlan-calls-time-on-playing-career-at-29-3485291 |archive-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Career Awards and Accolades=== ===Club (Hull Kingston Rovers 2017 – present)===
* 2018: Roger Millward – 'Player of the Year Award' * 2018: 'Players' Player of the Year Award' * 2018: 'Members' Player of the Year Award' * 2018: 'Tackle of the Season Award'<ref>{{cite web|date=4 October 2018|title=Quinlan dominates 2018 Player of the Year awards|url=http://www.hullkr.co.uk/quinlan-dominates-2018-player-of-the-year-awards/}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.hullkr.co.uk/player/adam-quinlan/ Hull KR profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150702184058/http://www.parraeels.com.au/team/profiles/adam_quinlan.html Parramatta Eels profile] *[https://www.superleague.co.uk/player/331/adam%3Cbr-%3Equinlan SL profile] *[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=16766 Saints Heritage Society profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quinlan, Adam}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Category:Hull Kingston Rovers players Category:Illawarra Cutters players Category:Rugby league five-eighths Category:Rugby league fullbacks Category:Rugby league halfbacks Category:Rugby league players from Sydney Category:St Helens R.F.C. players Category:St. George Illawarra Dragons players Category:Wentworthville Magpies players Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen