Dimitri Pelo
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Poilu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 April 1985 Nouméa, New Caledonia |
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| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Wing, Fullback, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 3 November 2009
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Dimitri Pelo (born 17 April 1985 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French professional rugby league player for Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has previously played for Montpellier Herault RC after switching codes in 2010 and for the Catalans Dragons club of Europe's Super League competition. His usual position is wing, but he can also play at fullback.
Pelo, born in New Caledonia (an overseas territory of France), emigrated to Australia with his parents while still in his adolescence, originally settling in the north-eastern state of Queensland. While living there, Pelo began playing junior rugby league, catching the eye of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks scouts who signed him to the Sydney club for several years.
While at the Sharks Pelo went on to represent the Australian Schoolboys team for whom he scored two tries in a Test match defeat against the England Academy in 2002, but he could not make his way into the Sharks first-grade side, instead being relegated to the reserves and lower competitions.
During the 2005 season, Pelo was called up by French national team along with fellow clubman Daniel Dumas; during this time his contract with the Cronulla club expired and he left the club. Pelo then moved back to Queensland, originally signing a short-term deal with the Burleigh Bears club in the Queensland Cup in the hope of securing a longer-term deal with the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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