Deon Cross

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Deon Cross
Personal information
Full nameDeon Cross
Born (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 27)
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight14 st 13 lb (95 kg)
Playing information
Position Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 Rochdale Hornets 2711000
2019 Barrow Raiders 30140056
2020–21 Widnes Vikings 30240096
2022– Salford Red Devils 29130052
Total1166200204
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022– England Knights 20000
Source: [1] [2]
As of 31 December 2022

Deon Cross (born 30 July 1996) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League.

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He previously played for the Rochdale Hornets, Barrow Raiders and the Widnes Vikings in the Championship, featuring as a winger earlier in his career. [3]

Playing career

In February 2022 Cross made his Salford Super League début against the Castleford Tigers. [4] In the 2023 Super League season, Cross played 27 matches for Salford as the club finished 7th on the table and missed the playoffs. [5]

Deon Cross started out his career at his local junior club Blackbrook ARLFC in St.Helens before making a move to the St.Helens Scholarship program. Once being released as a 16yr old Cross then returned to the amateur fold playing for the Blackbrook open age side.

Cross then went onto play for the Rochdale Hornets side in 2018 before a move to Barrow Raiders in 2019 then returning locally to play for the Widnes Vikings outfit for the 2020 season where he scored a try in every appearance he played for the Vikings that season. Then in 2022 Cross finally got a Super League move to the Salford Red Devils where he's been a standout performer in the competition ever since.

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ Deon Cross
  3. ↑ Salford's ex-Saints junior Deon Cross has message for 'rejected' players
  4. ↑ Castleford Tigers 16 Salford Red Devils 26: Disappointing Super League start for new boss Lee Radford
  5. ↑ "Salford Red Devils' 2023 season in review". www.salfordnow.co.uk. 2 October 2023.
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