Dean Britt

Dean Britt (born 17 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.

Dean Britt
Personal information
Born (1994-03-17) 17 March 1994
Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Melbourne Storm 1 0 0 0 0
2017–19 South Sydney 17 1 0 0 4
2020– Canterbury Bulldogs 8 0 0 0 0
Total 26 1 0 0 4
As of 28 September 2019
Source: [1]

He previously played for the Melbourne Storm and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

Background

Britt was born in Camden, New South Wales, Australia, and is the son of Australian international Darren Britt.[2] Britt was educated at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown.

Dean played his junior rugby league for the Camden Rams, before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Britt played for the Melbourne Storm NYC team.[3] In April 2013, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.[4] In May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against Queensland for a second year in a row.[5] In 2015, he graduated to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Eastern Suburbs Tigers.[6] In August 2015, he re-signed with the Storm on a 2-year contract until the end of 2017. [7]

2017

In May, Britt played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents.[8] In June, he signed a 2-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2018.[9] In round 15 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Storm against the North Queensland Cowboys.[10][11]

In July, Britt joined the Rabbitohs early for the remainder of the 2017 season in a player swap with Melbourne for Robbie Rochow.[12]

In preparation for getting ready to make his debut with South Sydney, Britt was placed with the North Sydney Bears in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW, making his debut for North Sydney on 9 July 2017, in their 22-6 win over the Wyong Roos.[13]

2018

On 12 June 2018, Britt was selected to play for the NSW residents side against the QLD residents side. On 24 June, Britt scored a try in NSW residents 36-20 victory over QLD.[14] Britt spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for North Sydney but was called up to the Souths side for their round 25 51-10 victory over the Wests Tigers. Britt was then retained in the Souths squad for their 3 finals matches, the 29-28 loss to Melbourne, 13-12 victory over St George and the 12-4 preliminary final loss to Eastern Suburbs.[15][16][17]

2019

On 6 May, Britt was selected for the Canterbury Cup NSW residents side to play against the Queensland residents representative team.[18] On 12 August, Britt signed a 2 year deal with Canterbury-Bankstown that would start in 2020.[19]

2020

Britt made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season against arch rivals Parramatta. Canterbury would go on to lose the match 8-2.[20]

References
  1. "Dean Britt - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 17 March 1994. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Melbourne Storm Hold Cup player Dean Britt, from Camden, part of NSW Blues Under-20s Origin win". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "B". Nyc Database. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  5. Brad Walter (3 May 2014). "Mitchell Moses stars as NSW win under 20s Origin clash". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. jbuchan (9 May 2015). "Broncos Target: Jets speedster close to securing NRL future | Queensland Times". Qt.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. "Storm secure young talent". Zero Tackle. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. "Jahrome Hughes, Billy Walters, Kyle Laybutt shine as Queensland Residents beat NSW 36-6". Adelaidenow.com.au. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. "Rabbitohs sign Dean Britt and Jesse Arthars". Zero Tackle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  10. "Updated team lists: Storm v Cowboys". NRL.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  11. NRL Digital Media. "Late Mail – Round 15 - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  12. NRL Digital Media. "Dean Britt Signed For Remainder Of 2017 Season And Robbie Rochow Released". Rabbitohs. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  13. Media, NRL Digital. "Dean Britt Solid In Bears Debut". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  14. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/06/24/nsw-residents-put-on-a-clinic/
  15. https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/15/benched-duo-hymel-hunt-and-dean-britt-all-for-doing-whats-best-for-south-sydney-rabbitohs/
  16. https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/live-nrl-preliminary-final-south-sydney-rabbitohs-vs-sydney-roosters/news-story/1b96ecdc9c34afaea0b364dbc51d7ca0
  17. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTItMTcxNy00LS0tLS0tMjM3NTEtLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t
  18. "NSWRL names Canterbury Cup NSW Residents team". www.nswrl.com.au.
  19. "Dean Britt signs with Canterbury Bulldogs". Sporting News.
  20. "Live NRL: After 65 minutes we FINALLY have a try — Eels rookie breaks deadlock". Fox Sports. 12 March 2020.
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