Kaide Ellis

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Kaide Ellis
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Personal information
Born (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 25)
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 Penrith Panthers 8 0 0 0 0
2020–21 St. George Illawarra 18 0 0 0 0
2022– Wigan Warriors 0 0 0 0 0
Total 26 0 0 0 0
As of 11 June 2021
Source: [1]

Kaide Ellis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and loose forward for the Wigan Warriors in the ESL.

He previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League.

Early career[]

Ellis was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Dubbo College Senior Campus where he represented 2013 NSW CHS team.

Kaide played his junior rugby league at St Johns Dubbo and South Dubbo Raiders. He signed with the Penrith Panthers and won 2015 National Youth Competition Grand Final.

Playing career[]

2017[]

He played in the Panthers State Championship final vs the PNG Hunters, where he also got man of the match.

2018[]

Ellis made his first grade debut in Round 6 of the 2018 NRL season against the Gold Coast Titans at Penrith Park which ended in a 35-12 victory. Ellis was sin binned during the match for repeated infringements during the second half.[2][3]

2020[]

On 12 July, Ellis was released by the Penrith club, signing for St. George Illawarra until the end of the 2020 season.[4][5]

In November 2020, he signed a one-year contract extension to remain at the club in 2021.[6]

2021[]

On 15 July 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Wigan in the Super League on a three-year deal for the 2022 season.[7]

Controversy[]

On 5 July 2021, Ellis was fined $5000 by the NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game's Covid-19 biosecurity protocols when he attended a party along with 12 other St. George Illawarra players at Paul Vaughan's property.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kaide Ellis - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "NRL teams round 6, 2018". Daily Telegraph. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ "'Embarrassment to the game' - Kaide Ellis sin-binning raises eyebrows in eventful Raiders-Panthers clash". Sporting News. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Ellis granted release by Panthers". Penrith Panthers. 12 July 2020. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ^ Carayannis, Michael (11 July 2020). "Dragons relief after snapping up Graham replacement". The West Australian. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ St John, Mark; McDonald, Darcie (20 November 2020). "NRL Transfer Centre: Rabbitohs release gun to Warriors, Johns signs with Knights". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Wigan Warriors 'sign' two NRL forwards for 2022". Manchester Evening News. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  8. ^ "St George Illawarra Dragons players fined $305,000 and given match suspensions". National Rugby League. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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