Anthony Milford

At 29 years old, Anthony Milford has this physical status:

Playing career

Milford's junior rugby team in Acacia Ridge began playing for the Souths Juniors. He attended Forest Lake State High School and St Peter Claver College in Ipswich, Australia, in 2009, and was selected for the Queensland and Australian Under 15 Schoolboys. In 2009, he was a student at the University of Queensland and Australia Schoolboys, representing both the Under 15 and Australian Schoolboys sides. Milford played for Souths Logan Magpies in 2010 and represented Queensland Under 16s. Milford's rugby league program began in 2011. Milford won by defeating New South Wales on 12-18 points in 2012.

Milford joined the Canberra Raiders in 2012, leading their SG Ball team to the Grand Final, where they lost 42–20 to the Balmain Tigers. Milford made his debut for the Oakland Under 20's team in 1985 at the age of 17. Milford played 14 games, scoring 13 tries, and helped the Raiders advance to the Grand Finals, where they lost to the Wests Tigers 66-7. Milford was supposed to be drafted in the Junior Kiwis against the Kangaroos in September 2012 before he officially pledged his allegiance to Australia's birth country. In November 2012, he was granted a new Canberra Raiders contract, retaining him in Canberra until 2014. Milford was selected in Queensland's 2013 Junior Emerging Origin Squad in December 2012. Milford played 20 games, scored 2020 points, kicked 64 goals, and set a single field goal for 209 points in his U20s career from 2012 to 2013.

Milford spent 2013 with Canberra's NRL squad in the pre-season, despite having two years left of NYC eligibility. Milford made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders against the Sydney Roosters in Round 5, playing off the interchange bench in Canberra's 24-22 victory over Canberra. Milford scored his first and second NRL tries in Canberra's 30-20 loss at Remondis Stadium in Round 10. Milford was named captain and halfback of Queensland Under 20s State of Origins, scoring a try in the 36–12 loss to the New South Wales Under 20s at Penrith Stadium.

Josh Papali, a teammate of Milford and Canberra, was fined by the club on August 31 for reportedly intoxicating two days before Canberra's 50–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors. Milford finished his rookie season in the NRL by winning 18 matches and scoring nine tries. Milford was a candidate for Rookie of the Year. Milford played for Samoa's national rugby league team in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, scoring one goal and kicking nine goals in all of their four games, winning all four matches, scoring one try, and kicking nine goals. Milford scored 2 goals in Samoa's 42–24 loss at Halliwell Jones Stadium on his Samoan international debut against New Zealand at full throttle. In Samoa's 22–6 victory, Milford scored his first international appearance against France. Milford has signed a two-year deal with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2015 and 2016 seasons as a result of family reasons.

Coach Ricky Stuart, keen to keep Milford in the Country's Capital early in the 2014 NRL season, but Milford decided to continue with the deal he signed in 2013 to join the Brisbane Broncos. Milford was selected for the Queensland under 20s squad to play against New South Wales under the age of 20s in May, and Milford lost by five-eighth at Penrith Stadium. Milford was named in the QLD Maroons 22-man squad for Game 2 to be selected for the final interchange bench spot in June, but New Zealand Warriors Forward Jacob Lillyman was selected for the final spot over Milford. Milford played 23 games, scoring 12 tries, kicking three goals, and kicking two field goals in his last year with Canberra. Milford was chosen in the Australia Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations train-on squad on September 9, 2014, but later did not make the final 24-man squad. Milford played at five-eighth against Papua New Guinea on October 12, 2014, scoring a try on the 34-16 victory at Kokopo.

Milford was selected in Brisbane's 2015 Auckland Nines squad on January 21, 2015. Milford made his club debut for Brisbane against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at five-eighth in Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season, defeating the Brisbane Rabbitohs 36-06 at Suncorp Stadium. Milford scored his first and second club tries for Brisbane in Round 5 against the Gold Coast Titans. Milford lost in the Broncos 2015 NRL Grand Final against the North Queensland Cowboys on October 4th, playing at five-eighth in the heartbreaking 17-16 extra time loss. He finished the 2015 season by playing in all Brisbane's 27 games, scoring 13 points, kick 3 goals, and kick 3 field goals.

Milford was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad on January 12th. Since breaking team curfew, Milford, eight other members of the Queensland Emerging squad, and eight others were banned from Queensland State of Origin selection for a year. Milford kicked a field goal from 40 meters out to win the match in Round 4 against the North Queensland Cowboys, a redemption win for Brisbane after last year's heartbreaking 2015 Grand Final extra time loss. Milford scored his first hat-trick in Round 7 against the Newcastle Knights in a thrilling run to Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane's 53-0 victory. Milford was welcomed to the Australia Kangaroos 2016 Four Nations train-on squad on September 20, but later made the final 24-man squad. Milford received the Peter Frilingos Headline Moment of the Year award at the Dally M Awards on Sunday, beating the North Queensland Cowboys in Round 4 of the Grand Final rematch. Milford played in all of the Broncos' 26 games, scoring 14 goals, kick eight goals, and kick four field goals, ending his good 2016 NRL season with him playing in all of the Broncos' 26 matches, scoring 14 goals, scoring seven goals, and kicking four field goals.

Milford was selected in Brisbane's 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad in February. Milford was instrumental in the controversial 25–24 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with a contentious try assist and a questionable 25-meter field goal. After the match, Tony Archer said the referees should have called off when Milford didn't have failed to ground the ball. Milford's contract with the Broncos ran until the 2021 season, with him expected to be the first Million Dollar Brisbane player after the Melbourne Storm tried to lure him away from Brisbane. Milford played for Samoa in the Test against England, beginning at five-eighth and scoring a try and kicking one goal in the 30-0 loss at Campbelltown Stadium on 6 May 2017. Milford defeated Michael Morgan, Daly Cherry-Evans, and Cameron Munster to fill a vacant halves slot for Game 1 of the 2017 State of Origin series, due to main Queensland playmaker Johnathan Thurston's injury. Milford played his State of Origins at five-eighth on Monday, with some spectacular footwork and solid defense before being suspended in the 53rd minute due to a concussion in the 28-4 loss at Suncorp Stadium against New South Wales. Milford sustained a shoulder injury during Brisbane's 24-18 victory over Suncorp Stadium and was supposed to be out for six weeks, but the Newcastle Knights returned early in Round 19 against the Newcastle Knights on Saturday, scoring a try. Milford's season ended with him playing in 23 games, scoring 7 tries and kicking 21 goals for Brisbane. Milford, who was in line for either Australia or Samoa, missed the 2017 Rugby League World Cup due to his shoulder injury.

Milford was late to the interchange bench after the injured seasoned fullback Billy Slater was ruled out of action due to illness, and Michael Morgan was filling in in Game 1 of the 2018 State of Origins series. Milford played for Samoa against Tonga in the 2018 Polynesian Cup on June 23, 2018, playing fullback and co-captaining the team alongside Joseph Leilua in the 38–22 loss at Campbelltown Stadium. Milford's 2018 NRL season ended with 25 games, scoring 6 tries and kicking a field goal for Brisbane. Milford was named Player of the Year by Paul Morgan on October 6, 2018.

Milford was ranked at five-eighth in the first 14 rounds of the season. In round 15 of Brisbane's match against the Newcastle Knights, he swapped positions with captain Darius Boyd and advanced to fullback.

Milford made 24 appearances for Brisbane in the 2019 NRL season, finishing 8th on the table and qualifying for the finals. Milford defeated Parramatta 52-0 at the new Western Sydney Stadium in the club's elimination final.

In the 2020 NRL season, Milford played 13 games for Brisbane, culminating in the club's first Wooden Spoon.

Milford was told by Brisbane on July 1 that his deal would not be renewed until the 2021 NRL season, which will be 2021. This came after numerous poor results by Milford in the last two years, including the 2021 NRL season, where he was barred from the Brisbane side on rare occasions.

Milford announced on July 30th that they had signed a one-year contract to join South Sydney, which would begin in 2022.

Milford's deal with South Sydney fell through due to legal issues. The Newcastle Knights attempted to sign a deal with Milford in April, after his legal proceedings were finalized. While he completes educational and rehabilitative services, the NRL gave him conditional registration to train with the Newcastle outfit, but he will not be allowed to play before round 11, which will take four weeks. During Newcastle's 42-12 loss to Manly Warringah in Round 18, he was sent to the sin binge for a professional foul. Milford and the Newcastle club announced on July 18 that after the 2022 NRL season, the club will return to Queensland, as a result of the two-year contract with The Dolphins. Milford was sent to the sin binge for an unlawful shoulder charge against England's Sam Tomkins in the first match of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. Samoa lost the game 6-6. Milford was suspended for one game as a result of the incident.

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