Sebastian Kris

Sebastian Kris (born 19 April 1999) is a New Zealand international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.

Seb Kris
Personal information
Full nameSebastian Kris
Born (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Canberra Raiders 54 28 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022– New Zealand 1 1 0 0 4
Source: [1]
As of 13 May 2023

Background

Kris was born in Brisbane, Queensland and is of Indigenous Australian, South African and Maori descent. Kris played his first junior rugby league for the Wests Panthers.[2]

He moved to Canberra at the age of eight and played his junior rugby league for the Tuggeranong Valley Dragons.[3]

Playing career

2019

Kris made his first grade debut in Round 10 of the 2019 NRL season for Canberra against South Sydney at Canberra Stadium.[4][5]

2020

Kris spent the entirety of the 2020 NRL season away from Canberra, leading to him not being re-signed. Kris was later re-signed by the Canberra club for the 2021 NRL season and played in their Round 1 clash against the Wests Tigers.

2021

In round 24 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored two tries for Canberra in a 28-16 victory over the New Zealand Warriors.[6]

2022

In round 23 of the 2022 NRL season, Kris scored two tries for Canberra in a 28-22 victory over Newcastle.[7]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Behind the Limelight: Sebastian Kris". Canberra Raiders. 26 May 2021.
  3. "Sebastian Kris". Canberra Raiders.
  4. "Round 10 NRL squad announcements". NRL.com. 16 May 2019.
  5. "Canberra Raiders rookie Sebastian Kris redefines toothless". Canberra Times.
  6. "Raiders stay in finals race after massive comeback vs. Warriors". www.espn.com.
  7. "Canberra Raiders beat Newcastle Knights to keep alive NRL finals hopes, Dragons thump Titans". www.abc.net.au.
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