 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 15 February 1990 Dapto, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 12 lb (107 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of 10 January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shannon Wakeman (born 15 February 1990), also known by the nickname of TS Wakeman, is an Italy international rugby league footballer who last contracted to the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He plays as a prop. [3]
Wakeman is an Italy international due to having Italian Grandparents. [4]
He played his junior rugby league for the Dapto Canaries. [5] Wakeman played for the St George Illawarra Dragons NYC side for two seasons between 2009 and 2010. [6]
In 2012 he played for the Windsor Wolves in the NSW Cup. [7] He had been with the Penrith Panthers feeder club since 2011. [6]
He then moved on to play for the Illawarra Cutters in the New South Wales Cup from 2013. [8] Wakeman signed with the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL, making the step up from feeder club to the elite level. [9] Whilst he failed to make a first-grade appearance in the NRL, he did attract headlines for his performances for the Cutters in the Intrust Super Premiership. [10] Wakeman was a member of Illawarra's 2016 premiership winning side and also a member and first try scorer of the Illawarra side which won the NRL State Championship match in 2016 against The Burleigh Bears. [11]
In late December 2016 he signed a two-year full-time contract to play for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. [12] He was coached by former Newcastle Knights boss, Rick Stone.
In October 2017 while playing for Italy in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, Wakeman allegedly king hit fellow teammate James Tedesco while having drinks at The Pier Bar in Cairns following Italy's shock 36-12 defeat by Ireland. The altercation was reportedly due to Tedesco propositioning Wakeman's girlfriend. [13] [14]
Michael Korkidas is a former Greece international rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the NRL, the Super League and was captain of Greece.
Russell Packer is a former New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop for the Wests Tigers, St. George Illawarra Dragons and the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, and the New Zealand Māori and New Zealand at international level.
Ricky Thorby is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
Kevin Naiqama is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who usually plays as a centre or winger for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League and as a fullback or five-eighth for Fiji at the International level.
James Tedesco, nicknamed "Teddy Squats", is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and captains the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia.
Jack Stockwell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup.
Sebastine Ikahihifo is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and loose forward for the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League.
Paul Vaughan is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as prop for the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League. He has played for both Italy and Australia at international level.
Adam Quinlan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a fullback for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League.
Zachary Santo is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for Toulouse Olympique in the RFL Championship. He plays at fullback and wing, and formerly played for the Limoux Grizzlies, North Queensland Cowboys and the Canberra Raiders.
The Illawarra Rugby League Football Club was an Australian rugby league football club based in Illawarra formed in 2012. Originally known as the Illawarra Cutters, they became known as the Illawarra RLFC before the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW.
Rory O'Brien is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He most recently played for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League, as a prop. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
Luke Page is a former Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup.
Jacob Host is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Matthew Lawrence Dufty is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League.
Jordan Pereira is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Jim Lenihan is an Australian professional rugby league coach for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer.
Adam Clune is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half for Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League.
Aaron Booth is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL, and is currently an assistant coach of their NRLW side.
Chelsea Lenarduzzi is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership.