James Tedesco

James Tedesco
Personal information
Full nameJames Tedesco
Born (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 31)
Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–17 Wests Tigers 90 50 0 0 200
2018– Sydney Roosters 161 88 5 0 362
Total 251 138 5 0 562
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–15 NSW City 2 1 0 0 4
2013–17 Italy 6 3 0 0 12
2016–24 New South Wales 23 8 0 0 32
2016–17 Prime Minister's XIII 2 3 0 0 12
2018–23 Australia 13 9 0 0 36
Source: [1]
As of 27 September 2024

James Tedesco (born 8 January 1993), nicknamed "Teddy",[2] is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback[3] and captains the Sydney Roosters in the NRL and Australia. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fullbacks of all time.[4]

He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He has played for Italy and Australia at international level.

Tedesco has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, New South Wales City and New South Wales in the State of Origin series up until 2023. He is a dual NRL premiership winning player of 2018 and 2019.

  1. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "James Tedesco – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Teddy's matchwinner haunted by 2016 deja vu". nrl.com. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ "James Tedesco".
  4. ^ "25 in 25: Who were best fullbacks of NRL era - Slater, Lockyer, Tedesco, Minichiello, Hayne, RTS, GI, Turbo?". theroar.com. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2024.