Dean Collis

Dean Collis

Personal information
Full name	Dean James Collis
Nickname	Deano
Born	21 October 1985 (1985-10-21) (age 26) Campbelltown, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–2009	Wests Tigers	80	24	15	0	126
2010–2011	Cronulla Sharks	25	7	0	0	28
2012–	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	105	31	15	0	154
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007	City Origin	1	0	0	0	0
As of 29 April 2010
Source: League Central and Rugby League Project

Dean Collis (born 21 October 1985 in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks club in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays at centre.

Career

Collis played his junior football with the Campbelltown Warriors. While attending Patrician Brothers Fairfield, Collis played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2003.^[1]

Making his debut with Wests Tigers in 2003, Collis played 8 games until the end of the 2005 season. By 2006, Collis was a regular starter in the centres, playing in every game of the 2006 and 2007 seasons, and winning a spot in the City team.^[2] His remaining 2 seasons with Wests Tigers were hampered by injury.^[3]

In July, 2009, it was announced that Collis had signed a two year deal to play with the Cronulla Sharks from the 2010 season.^[4]

In September 2011 Collis signed a deal that will see him join the European Super League playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats until 2015.

Career highlights

• First Grade Debut: 2003, Round 25 - Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys, Campbelltown Stadium, 31 August
• 50^th First Grade game: Round 19, 22 July 2007, scoring a try in the seventh minute.

References

1. ^ "Dean Collis". Rugby League Project. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/dean-collis/summary.html. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 
2. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
3. ^ Ben Horne (13 February 2010). "Collis hopeful of a return in round one". Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/collis-hopeful-of-a-return-in-round-one-20100213-ny0r.html. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 
4. ^ "Cronulla sign Wests Tigers centre Dean Collis to a two-year deal". Fox Sports News (Australia). 2008-07-13. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25772149-5018866,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 

External links

• Cronulla Sharks profile
• Dean Collis at NRL.com
• Dean Collis at Wests Tigers
• Dean Collis at the Rugby League Project

Persondata
Name	Collis, Dean
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Short description
Date of birth	21 October 1985
Place of birth	Campbelltown
Date of death
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