Dean Collis
Encyclopedia
Dean Collis is an Australia
n professional rugby league
player for the Cronulla Sharks
club in the National Rugby League
(NRL) competition. He primarily plays at centre
.
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. His remaining 2 seasons with Wests Tigers were hampered by injury.
In July, 2009, it was announced that Collis had signed a two year deal to play with the Cronulla Sharks
from the 2010 season.
In September 2011 Collis signed a deal that will see him join the European Super League
playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
until 2015.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
club in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
(NRL) competition. He primarily plays at centre
Rugby league positions
A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories: "forwards" and "backs"....
.
Career
Collis played his junior football with the Campbelltown Warriors. While attending Patrician Brothers Fairfield, Collis played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2003.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. His remaining 2 seasons with Wests Tigers were hampered by injury.
In July, 2009, it was announced that Collis had signed a two year deal to play with the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
from the 2010 season.
In September 2011 Collis signed a deal that will see him join the European Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
until 2015.
Career highlights
- First Grade Debut: 2003, Round 25 - Wests Tigers v North Queensland CowboysNorth Queensland CowboysThe North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
, Campbelltown StadiumCampbelltown StadiumCampbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a rugby league stadium in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It is the full time home ground for the Western Suburbs Magpies District Rugby League Football Club and is one of three home grounds for the Wests Tigers...
, 31 August - 50th First Grade game: Round 19, 22 July 2007, scoring a try in the seventh minute.