Bailey Simonsson
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Full name | Bailey George Simonsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia | 18 February 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ White, Peter (26 October 2017). "Rugby: Bailey Simonsson has strong BOP ties". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b Polkinghorne, David (20 December 2018). "Canberra Raiders sign former All Blacks sevens player Bailey Simonsson". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Former All Black's son signs for Canberra Raiders after NZ sevens stint". stuff. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Canberra Raiders sink Gold Coast Titans in wet". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Raiders run riot as Warriors crumble at home". NRL. 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Raiders upset Storm to advance to NRL preliminary final". The Guardian. 14 September 2019.
- ^ "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH. 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "How Ricky Stuart reacted to grand final 'six-again' refereeing shocker". WWOS.
- ^ Gould, Joel (12 August 2021). "Melbourne Storm keep winning streak alive despite Raiders scare". News.com.au — Australia's Leading News Site.
- ^ "Hodgson, Simonsson ink deals with Eels". www.nrl.com. 9 December 2021.
External links[]
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Māori descent
- Australian people of New Zealand descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Canberra Raiders players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- People educated at Newington College
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league wingers