Jason Baitieri

Jason Baitieri
Personal information
Born 2 July 1989
Paris, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
2011– Catalans Dragons 93 11 0 0 44
Total 94 11 0 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–14 France 12 2 0 0 8

Jason Baitieri (born 2 July 1989 in Paris, France) is a French-Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Catalans Dragons of Super League. A France international representative forward, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League.

Junior career

The son of former player and coach Tas Baitieri, Jason was born in Paris, but played junior rugby league in Toulouse before returning to Castle Hill, New South Wales when he was 8 to play for the Hills District Bulls, a team in the Parramatta District Junior Rugby League competition, based in Baulkham Hills. He also played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team.

NRL career

He made his first grade debut against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown in May 2010. He has signed a two-year deal with the Catalans Dragons in France.[2] At the end of the 2010 season he represented France in the Alitalia European Cup. He also played in a friendly international against England in 2011, 2012 Autumn International Series and he captained his country for the first time in their 2014 European Cup campaign.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dragons Catalans". web page. Dragons Catalans S.A.S.P. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. ↑ {{cite news http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/catalan/8958205.stm | last =Lewis | first =Daniel | title =Family affair has a French connection | work =The Sydney Morning Herald | place =Australia | publisher =Fairfax Digital | date =3 May 2010 | url =http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/family-affair-has-a-french-connection-20100502-u1l6.html | accessdate =2010-05-03}}

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