Date of birth | 14 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Triston Reilly (born 14 January 1999) is a professional rugby league player who most recently played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). His regular playing positions are centre and wing. He played for the New South Wales Waratahs previously and played for Randwick Rugby in the Shute Shield Competition at club level. [2]
Reilly made his debut just one year out of the prestigious rugby nursery of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. The 19 year old made a great impression on Australian Sevens coach Tim Walsh in his second world series cap in London, [2] scoring 3 tries in just 2 games, before getting injured for the remaining games. In 2017, Reilly played for the Australian youth rugby sevens team who finished third in the World youth all schools tournament which was played New Zealand, [3] where he scored 5 tries.
Reilly made his debut for the Australian sevens team in April 2018. [4]
In 2022, Reilly joined Western Suburbs in the NSW Cup. In round 25 of the 2023 NRL season, Reilly made his first grade debut for the Wests Tigers against the Dolphins. Reilly played two further games for the club as they finished the year with the Wooden Spoon. On 21 November, it was announced by the Wests Tigers that they had released Reilly after he was not offered a new contract. [5]
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