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Full name | Theerapol Ritson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Khon Kaen, Thailand | 7 January 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: "Player Summary: Tee Ritson". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 27 July 2023. As of 21 April 2024 |
Theerapol Ritson (born 7 January 1996) is a Thai professional rugby league footballer who plays as a wing for St Helens in the Betfred Super League having previously played Workington Town, Newcastle Thunder and Barrow Raiders. Ritson has also appeared for Swinton Lions in the RFL Championship as Swinton and St Helens have a dual-registration agreement.
Ritson was born in Thailand, but was raised in Maryport, Cumbria, England.
His playing career started at Workington Town where he made 39 appearances between 2014 and 2017 scoring 12 tries. [1]
In 2016 he was the club's player of the year and was selected for the Thailand national team. [2] [3] An international debut was missed as the game against Malta was cancelled due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. [4]
At the start of the 2018 season Ritson moved to Newcastle Thunder on loan where he made 22 appearances scoring 18 tries. [1]
2019 saw a move to his home town club, Barrow Raiders, where he became a prolific try scorer over the next four seasons, scoring 70 tries in just 73 appearances. [1] In 2022 he scored 33 tries in 31 games becoming the Championship leading try scorer for the season. [5]
At the end of the 2022 season Ritson made his representative debut as he was selected to play for Cumbria in a World Cup warm-up match against Jamaica. Cumbria won 28–2 with Ritson scoring one of the Cumbrian's tries. [6]
In November 2022, Super League side, St Helens, signed Ritson on a one-year loan deal. [7] Ritson's debut for St Helens was in the warm-up match for the 2023 World Club Challenge against St. George Illawarra Dragons where he also scored his first try for St Helens in a 30–12 victory. [8] His Super League debut came in St Helens 2023 opening fixture against Castleford Tigers where he scored his first Super League try in St Helens 24–6 win. [9] On 18 October 2023 it was reported that he had made his initial loan deal switch to St Helens permanent signing a two-year deal. [10]
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