Dean Britt

Dean Britt

Personal information
Born	(1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 (age 29) Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017 Melbourne Storm 1 0 0 0 0 2017–19 South Sydney 16 1 0 0 4 2020–21 Canterbury Bulldogs 12 0 0 0 0 Total 29 1 0 0 4 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017 Queensland Residents 1 1 0 0 4 2018–19 NSW Residents 2 3 0 0 12
Source: [1] As of 7 January 2024

Dean Britt (born 17 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.

He previously played for the Melbourne Storm and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

Background

Britt was born in Camden, New South Wales, Australia, and is the son of Australian international Darren Britt. ^[2] Britt was educated at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown.

Dean played his junior rugby league for the Camden Rams, before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Britt played for the Melbourne Storm NYC team. ^[3]

Britt playing for the NSW under 20s side in 2013

In April 2013, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team. ^[4]

In May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against Queensland for a second year in a row. ^[5]

In 2015, he graduated to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Eastern Suburbs Tigers. ^[6] In August 2015, he re-signed with the Melbourne club on a two-year contract until the end of 2017. ^[7]

2017

In May, Britt played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents. ^[8] In June, he signed a 2-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2018. ^[9] In round 15 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Melbourne side against the North Queensland Cowboys. ^{[10] [11]}

In July, Britt joined South Sydney early for the remainder of the 2017 season in a player swap with Melbourne for Robbie Rochow. ^[12]

In preparation for getting ready to make his debut with South Sydney, Britt was placed with the North Sydney Bears in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW, making his debut for North Sydney on 9 July 2017, in their 22-6 win over the Wyong Roos. ^[13]

2018

On 12 June 2018, Britt was selected to play for the NSW residents side against the QLD residents side. On 24 June, Britt scored a try in NSW residents 36-20 victory over QLD. ^[14] Britt spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for North Sydney but was called up to the Souths side for their round 25 51-10 victory over the Wests Tigers. Britt was then retained in the Souths squad for their three finals matches, the 29-28 loss to Melbourne, 13-12 victory over St. George and the 12-4 preliminary final loss to Eastern Suburbs. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

2019

On 6 May, Britt was selected for the Canterbury Cup NSW residents side to play against the Queensland residents representative team. ^[18] On 12 August, Britt signed a two-year deal with Canterbury-Bankstown that would start in 2020. ^[19]

2020

Britt made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season against arch rivals Parramatta. Canterbury would go on to lose the match 8-2. ^[20]

Britt made 11 appearances for Canterbury in the 2020 NRL season. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the Wooden Spoon by a better for and against over bottom placed Brisbane. ^[21]

2021

On 31 August, Britt was one of twelve players who were told by Canterbury that they would not be offered a contract for the 2022 season and would be released at seasons end. ^[22]

References

1. "Dean Britt - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 17 March 1994. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
2. "Melbourne Storm Hold Cup player Dean Britt, from Camden, part of NSW Blues Under-20s Origin win". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
3. "B". Nyc Database. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
4. "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
5. Brad Walter (3 May 2014). "Mitchell Moses stars as NSW win under 20s Origin clash". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
6. jbuchan (9 May 2015). "Broncos Target: Jets speedster close to securing NRL future | Queensland Times". Qt.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
7. "Storm secure young talent". Zero Tackle. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
8. "Jahrome Hughes, Billy Walters, Kyle Laybutt shine as Queensland Residents beat NSW 36-6". Adelaidenow.com.au. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
9. "Rabbitohs sign Dean Britt and Jesse Arthars". Zero Tackle. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
10. "Updated team lists: Storm v Cowboys". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
11. NRL Digital Media. "Late Mail – Round 15 - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
12. NRL Digital Media. "Dean Britt Signed For Remainder Of 2017 Season And Robbie Rochow Released". Rabbitohs. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
13. Media, NRL Digital. "Dean Britt Solid In Bears Debut". Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
14. "NSW Residents Put On A Clinic". New South Wales Rugby League. 24 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
15. "Team comes first for benched Rabbitohs duo". National Rugby League. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
16. "NRL Preliminary Final | Sydney Roosters defeat South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-4". NewsComAu. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
17. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
18. "NSWRL names Canterbury Cup NSW Residents team". www.nswrl.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
19. "Dean Britt signs with Canterbury Bulldogs". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
20. "Live NRL: After 65 minutes we FINALLY have a try — Eels rookie breaks deadlock". Fox Sports. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
21. "Dogs confirm EIGHT-man clean-out in first glimpse of Barrett era". www.foxsports.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
22. "Bulldogs show Origin star the door as Gus puts broom through Belmore". www.foxsports.com.au.

External links

• Canterbury Bulldogs profile Archived 7 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• South Sydney Rabbitohs profile Archived 8 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Rabbitohs profile