Bayley Sironen

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Bayley Sironen
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Personal information
Born (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 27)
Sydney, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Loose forward, Hooker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017–18 Wests Tigers 20000
2019–20 South Sydney 222008
2021–23 New Zealand Warriors 5740016
2024– Catalans Dragons 192008
Total10080032
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 NSW Residents 10000
Source: [1]
As of 11 January 2024
Father Paul Sironen
Relatives Curtis Sironen (brother)

Bayley Sironen (born 23 December 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row, hooker, and Loose forward for Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League.

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He previously played for the Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.

Background

Sironen was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of St Helens player Curtis Sironen, and son of Australian international Paul Sironen. [2]

Sironen played his junior rugby league for the Holy Cross Rhinos, before being signed by the Wests Tigers.

Playing career

Early career

In July 2014, Sironen was named in the Australian Schoolboys rugby league squad. [3] In 2015 and 2016, he played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team. [4] In July 2016, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team. [5]

2017

In 2017, Sironen graduated to the Tigers' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team. [6] In round 25 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the North Queensland Cowboys. [7] [8] He was contracted to the Tigers until the end of 2018. [9]

2018

In 2018, Sironen was selected to play for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents side. [10] On September 5, Sironen signed a one-year deal to join South Sydney for the 2019 season after failing to secure a first grade spot with Wests. [11]

2019

Sironen made his debut for an Origin depleted South Sydney side (first grade player #1151) [12] in round 12 of the 2019 NRL season against Parramatta which ended in a 14–26 defeat at the new Western Sydney Stadium. [13]

2020

In round 7 of the 2020 NRL season, Sironen scored his first try in the top grade as South Sydney were defeated by Penrith 20–12 at Bankwest Stadium. [14]

Sironen played 19 games throughout the season including South Sydney's preliminary final defeat against Penrith. [15]

On 20 November, he signed a three-year contract with New Zealand. [16]

2021

In round 1 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored a try on debut for New Zealand in a 19–6 victory over the Gold Coast. [17] Sironen played 19 games for New Zealand in the 2021 NRL season where the club finished 12th on the table and missed the finals. [18]

2022

Sironen made a total of 13 appearances for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2022 NRL season as they finished 15th on the table. [19]

2023

On 5 October 2023, it was reported that he had signed with the Catalans Dragons ahead of the 2024 season on a two-year deal. [20]

Statistics

SeasonTeamPlayedTriesPts
2017 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2
2019 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 3
20201928
2021 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 1928
202213
20232528
2024 * Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 12
Totals93624

*denotes season competing

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