James Tedesco

James Tedesco

Personal information
Nickname	Teddy
Born	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 24) Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Centre, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2012– Wests Tigers 79 46 0 0 184 2018 Sydney Roosters 0 0 0 0 0 Total 79 46 0 0 184 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–15 NSW City 2 1 0 0 4 2013 Italy 3 1 0 0 4 2016 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0 2016 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 3 March 2017 Source:

James Tedesco (born 8 January 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League. Primarily a fullback, Tedesco has also played centre and wing. Tedesco is a New South Wales, New South Wales City and Italian national representative.

Born in the northern Sydney suburb of Ryde, Tedesco is of Italian descent. He was raised on a hundred hectare property in Menangle in Sydney's south west, complete with his own football field with goal posts. Tedesco played his junior football with the Camden Rams. His father said of his early years, "James couldn't even make the junior rep squad for Wests when he was 14, and from then on he's always sort of scraped in. But once he's made those teams, he's gone on to finish as the best player."

Tedesco was a student of St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, and was in year 7 when Chris Lawrence was studying year 12.

Tedesco played on the wing for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Harold Matthews Cup competition, with David Nofoaluma at fullback. In 2010, he made the Australian Schoolboys team. "I made the Australian Schoolboys and I learnt to just have confidence in my own ability. I realised it was there – that I had a bit of talent – I just needed the confidence to show it," he said.