Don Tweddle

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Don Tweddle
Personal information
Full nameDon Tweddle Jr.
Born (1979-09-07) 7 September 1979 (age 44)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight128 kg (20 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2003 Cronulla Sharks 50000
Source: [1]

Don Tweddle Jr. (born 7 September 1979), also known by the nickname of "Twedds", is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. His position of choice was prop.

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Background

Tweddle was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He went to Corrimal Public School and Corrimal High School. He is the son of former Corrimal Cougars player and administrator Don Tweddle Sr. [2]

It was rumoured that as a young boy he developed a fear of the dark, a phobia he carried into adulthood.

Playing career

Tweddle's talent was quickly noticed and while still an adolescent was signed to a junior development deal with Australian Rugby League club the Illawarra Steelers. At the completion of the 1998 season the Illawarra club was forced to form a joint venture with the St. George Dragons and Tweddle's contract was not renewed with the newly formed entity, the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

After 3 seasons of playing for Corrimal Cougars in the Illawarra competition, Tweddle joined the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2002. [3] After a full season in the lower grades, he made his first grade debut from the bench in his side's 36−32 loss to the Melbourne Storm at Endeavour Field in round 1 of the 2003 season. He played only four more games of first grade, the last of which was in his side's 44−12 loss to the Wests Tigers at the Leichhardt Oval in round 18 of the 2003 season. Tweddle was released by the Sharks at the end of the 2003 season, and subsequently never played first grade rugby league again. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Don Tweddle - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vale Don Tweddle". Men Of League. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Young Tweddle almost slipped through the net". smh.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN   9781921024986.
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