Robbie Abel

Robbie Abel

Personal information
Full name	Robbie Abel
Born	(1989-07-04) 4 July 1989 Orange, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Club information
Playing position	Hooker
Current club	Perth Spirit
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2014−	Cottesloe		()
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2013	Northland	9	(5)
2014	Perth Spirit	9	(25)
2015–	Canberra Vikings	10	(10)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 3 November 2015. † Appearances (Points).

Robbie Abel (born 4 July 1989) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as an hooker for the Western Force in Super Rugby. He also represented Perth Spirit in the inaugural National Rugby Championship in 2014.

Career

Abel took a two-year hiatus from rugby after leaving high school to undertake a Mormon mission in Western Australia. Upon completion of his duties he linked up with the Brumbies Academy in 2012 and spent 2 years in Canberra which culminated in a brief stint playing for Northland Taniwha in New Zealand's ITM Cup in 2013. He then moved back to Western Australia to become a member of the Western Force extended playing squad ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season. He didn't make any senior appearances in 2014 but turned out for Perth Spirit in the first ever National Rugby Championship later that year scoring 5 tries in 9 appearances which saw him once again named in the Force EPS for 2015.