Birth name | Jeral Skelton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Peter Betham (cousin) Will Skelton (cousin) Cameron Skelton (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeral Skelton (born 8 April 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL), and Samoa at international level.
Skelton played his junior rugby for Wests Rugby and played rugby sevens for the Australia national rugby sevens team between 2017 and 2020, before switching to the 15-man code, joining the Melbourne Rebels in 2020, who he would play for until 2022. [1] [2] [3]
He played eight NRL games for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2023-24.
In August 2024 Skelton signed a 2 year deal with the Wests Tigers from 2025. [4]
Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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2023 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2024 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
2025 | Wests Tigers | |||
Totals | 6 | 3 | 12 |
source: [5]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2020 AU | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 AU | Rebels | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 TT | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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