Bailey Simonsson

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Bailey Simonsson
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Personal information
Full nameBailey George Simonsson
Born (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 23)
Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–21 Canberra Raiders 43 15 0 0 64
2022– Parramatta Eels 0 0 0 0 0
Total 43 15 0 0 64
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New Zealand 9s
2021 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 4 June 2021
Source: [1]

Bailey George Simonsson[2] (born 18 February 1998) is a New Zealand Māori international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

He has played international rugby union sevens for lebanon international team.

Background[]

Simonsson was born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Māori heritage through his father and European heritage through his mother. His father Paul was a representative rugby union player before a brief career in rugby league with the North Sydney Bears.

Playing career[]

Early career[]

Simonsson played for the Canberra Raiders in the Harold Matthews Cup (under 16s), later joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to play S. G. Ball Cup (under 18s) and NYC (under 20s) until 2017.[3][4]

Switch to rugby union[]

In 2018, Simonsson represented the New Zealand rugby 7s team at the tournaments in Hong Kong, London, and Paris.

Return to rugby league[]

Simonsson signed with the Canberra Raiders in December 2018.[3][4] He made his first grade debut in Round 1 of the 2019 NRL season against the Gold Coast Titans scoring a try in a 21-0 victory.[5][6] In Round 20 against the New Zealand Warriors, Simonsson scored 2 tries as Canberra won the match 46-12 at Mount Smart Stadium.[7]

In the 2019 qualifying final, Simonsson scored a try as Canberra staged a shock 12-10 victory over minor premiers Melbourne at AAMI Park to secure a home preliminary final.[8] Simonsson played from the bench in the 2019 NRL Grand Final against the Sydney Roosters in which Canberra were defeated 14-8 at ANZ Stadium. It was Canberra's first grand final appearance in 25 years.[9][10][11]

Simonsson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury against Melbourne at GIO Stadium in round 9 of the 2020 NRL season after which he underwent surgery and spent the rest of the season in rehabilitation.

In round 22 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored a hat-trick in Canberra's 26-16 loss against Melbourne.[12] On 10 December 2021, Simonsson signed a three-year deal to join Parramatta starting in the 2022 NRL season.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ White, Peter (26 October 2017). "Rugby: Bailey Simonsson has strong BOP ties". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Polkinghorne, David (20 December 2018). "Canberra Raiders sign former All Blacks sevens player Bailey Simonsson". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Former All Black's son signs for Canberra Raiders after NZ sevens stint". stuff. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 12 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Canberra Raiders sink Gold Coast Titans in wet". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Raiders run riot as Warriors crumble at home". NRL. 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Raiders upset Storm to advance to NRL preliminary final". The Guardian. 14 September 2019.
  9. ^ "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH. 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC Sport.
  11. ^ "How Ricky Stuart reacted to grand final 'six-again' refereeing shocker". WWOS.
  12. ^ Gould, Joel (12 August 2021). "Melbourne Storm keep winning streak alive despite Raiders scare". News.com.au — Australia's Leading News Site.
  13. ^ "Hodgson, Simonsson ink deals with Eels". www.nrl.com. 9 December 2021.

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