Dean Ieremia (born 20 August 2001) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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| Born | 20 August 2001 Fagaloa, Upolu, Samoa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 30 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editIeremia was born in Fagaloa, Samoa and raised in Melbourne, Australia. While living in Melbourne, he was educated at Sunbury Downs College[2] and then at Mount Ridley College, Craigieburn.[3]
Ieremia played his junior rugby league for the Sunbury Tigers and graduated through the Victorian Thunderbolts system before signing with Melbourne Storm.[4]
Playing career
editIeremia made his NRL debut for Melbourne against Cronulla-Sutherland. He became the fourth player to graduate from the NRL Victoria junior system. Ieremia played a total of 10 games for Melbourne in the 2021 NRL season and scored six tries as the club won 19 matches in a row and claimed the Minor Premiership. Ieremia did not play in the club's finals campaign where Melbourne suffered a shock 10-6 loss against eventual premiers Penrith.[5] On 22 February 2023, it was announced that Ieremia would miss the entire 2023 NRL season after rupturing his ACL during a pre-season trial game against the New Zealand Warriors.[6] On 29 September 2024, he played for North Sydney in their NSW Cup Grand Final loss against Newtown.[7]
References
edit- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "15 Years Schools National Championship results". QRL. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Melbourne school to fly flag for Victoria in schoolboys final". NRL. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Young talent on the rise". Storm. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Penrith Panthers beat Melbourne Storm 10-6 to reach second straight NRL grand final, will face South Sydney Rabbitohs". ABC News. 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne Storm winger Dean Ieremia ruled out for the NRL season after suffering ACL injury". 7news.com.au.
- ^ "Newtown wins Premiership number nine". www.nswrl.com.au.