Early Career
Of Indigenous Australian heritage and raised at Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley, Bird played junior football for West Maitland and Maitland Pumpkin Pickers. A schoolboy sensation in rugby league, playing for Rutherford Technology High School, he was a member of the Newcastle Knights under-18 SG Ball side, going on to represent and captain the junior Australian Kangaroos side in 2001.
While attending Rutherford High School, Bird played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2001.
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