{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Brad Tighe |fullname = Bradley Tighe |image = Brad Tighe.jpg |image_size = 200 |position = {{Rlp|CE|WG}} |currentclub = Penrith Panthers |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|4|5}} |birth_place = Moree, New South Wales, Australia |height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|85|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = Newcastle Knights |year1start = 2005 |year1end = 07 |appearances1 = 44 |tries1 = 20 |goals1 = 2 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 84 |club2 = Penrith Panthers |year2start = 2008 |year2end = 13 |appearances2 = 113 |tries2 = 41 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 164 |club3 = Gold Coast Titans |year3start = 2014 |year3end = 15 |appearances3 = 14 |tries3 = 4 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 16 |teamA = Indigenous All Stars |yearAstart = 2015 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 1 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 |retired = yes |source = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Brad_Tighe/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> |updated = 27 October 2015 }}
'''Bradley Tighe''' (born 5 April 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played at {{rlp|ce}} and {{rlp|wg}} and played for the Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers<ref>{{cite news|publisher=National Rugby League|title=Panthers name squads for 2008|url=http://www.nrl.com.au/Clubs/Panthers/PanthersNewsArticle/tabid/127/NewsId/7427/Default.aspx|accessdate=2008-01-14|date=2007-10-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118031832/http://www.nrl.com.au/Clubs/Panthers/PanthersNewsArticle/tabid/127/NewsId/7427/Default.aspx|archivedate=18 January 2008}}</ref> and Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
==Playing career== Tighe was brought into first-grade in 2005 during a run of injuries at the Newcastle club.<ref>{{cite news|format=fee required|author=Jancetic, Steve|publisher=AAP Sports News (Australia)|title=NSWRL under 17s squad|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-106392203.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516234024/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-106392203.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-16|accessdate=2008-01-14|date=2005-03-15}}</ref>
His first year in the NRL personally was successful, playing twenty games and scoring fifty-two points. However Newcastle's season as a whole saw the club finish last on the table and claim the wooden spoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/list/the-worst-teams-in-nrl-history-newcastle-knights-rugby-league-wooden-spoon-parramatta-eels-salary-cap-semi-radradra-kieran-foran/1k2c6o18od8431jen234fqd91u/4/|title=The worst teams in NRL history|website=Sporting News}}</ref>
Tighe spent the majority of 2006 back in the premier league but secured an almost permanent position at centre during 2007. During the season, Tighe was informed by coach Brian Smith that his services would not be required beyond the end of 2007.
In 2008, Tighe began playing for the Penrith Panthers and was a regular in the starting line up.<ref>{{cite news|format=fee required|publisher=AAP Sports News (Australia)|title=I'm not to blame for Knights cleanout: Smith|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-142500327.html|accessdate=2008-01-14|date=2007-08-10}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
On 7 January 2014, with two years of his contract remaining, Tighe was released in a deal that saw Jamal Idris move to Penrith on a three-year deal and Tighe to the Gold Coast on a two-year deal. After departing the Gold Coast, Tighe played four seasons with Western Suburbs in the local Newcastle rugby league competition before retiring at the end of the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6392213/newcastle-rugby-league-wests-centre-brad-tighe-giving-back-as-top-career-nears-end/|title=Newcastle Rugby League: Western Suburbs centre Brad Tighe giving back as top career nears end|website=Newcastle Herald}}</ref>
==Career highlights== * ''Junior Representative Selection:'' 2001 – selected for the New South Wales under 17 squad to play Queensland under 17s at Stadium Australia, 10 June, the curtain raiser to the second State of Origin match. * ''First Grade Debut:'' 2005 – Round 2, Penrith vs Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium, 19 March, * '' Indigenous All Stars Selection: '' vs the All Stars at Cbus Super Stadium, 13 February 2015
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * <small>{{cite book| last1=Whiticker|first1=Alan|last2=Hudson|first2=Glen|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|page=609}}</small>
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160819105356/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerstats/playerprofile/tabid/10898/clubid/16/playerid/372/seasonid/43/default.aspx NRL profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912114614/http://www.titans.com.au/team/profiles/brad_tighe.html 2015 Gold Coast Titans profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080727010019/http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/players.cfm?PlayerID=1095 Brad Tighe at ''NRL Stats'']
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