Hame Sele

Hame Sele (born 12 November 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock, prop and second-row forward for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

Hame Sele
Personal information
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–18 St. George Illawarra 18 0 0 0 0
2019 Penrith Panthers 5 0 0 0 0
2020– South Sydney 7 0 0 0 0
Total 30 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0
As of 18 May 2019
Source: [1]

He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and played for NSW City in 2017.

Background

Sele was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Kingsgrove Colts, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Playing career

Early career

From 2014 to 2016, Sele played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team.[2] Late in 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[3] In July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.[4] In May 2016, he re-signed with the Dragons on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[5]

2017

In 2017, Sele graduated to the Dragons' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team, Illawarra Cutters.[6] In round 6 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[7][8] In May, he was selected in the New South Wales City team, named at lock, he would play in the final ever City vs Country Origin clash on 7 May.[9]

2018

Sele only managed to play 3 NRL games for the season, all of them coming from the interchange bench. At the end of the 2018 season, he was released from the Dragons.[10]

2019

Sele signed with the Penrith Panthers for the start of the 2019 NRL season. He made his debut for Penrith in Round 1 against Parramatta which ended in a 20-12 defeat at Panthers Stadium.[11]

On 16 September, it was announced that Sele was one of ten players that were to be released by the Penrith club at the end of the season.[12]

2020

Early in 2020 Sele joined South Sydney Rabbitohs on a 'train and trial' deal.[13]

He made 7 appearances for South Sydney in the 2020 NRL season as the club reached their third straight preliminary final before losing to Penrith.[14]

References
  1. "Hame Sele - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. "S". NYC Database. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. "Australian Schoolboys defeated in second Test". NRL.com. National Rugby League. 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. Pay, Dean (4 July 2015). "PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side". NSW Rugby League. National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "Sele re-signs with Dragons". Zero Tackle. 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. "NSWRL Intrust Super Premiership - 2017 Round 2". League Unlimited. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. "Updated team lists: Sea Eagles v Dragons". NRL.com. National Rugby League. 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. "NRL Late Mail: Round 6 v Sea Eagles". St George Illawarra Dragons. National Rugby League. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  9. "2017 City Origin side named". NRL.com. National Rugby League. 1 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. "Dragons confirm departure of five players - Zero Tackle". 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  11. "Round 1 2019". NRL.
  12. "Tribute to Departing Players". Penrith Panthers.
  13. Nicolussi, Christian (14 February 2020). "The $4000 four-week deal that could revive an NRL career". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  14. "Penrith Panthers beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 20-16 to set up NRL grand final against Melbourne Storm". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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