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Grafton, New South Wales, Australia |
1 June 1991 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Halfback, Five-eighth, Hooker, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyrone Roberts (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. A New South Wales Country and Indigenous All Stars representative, he plays at halfback, five-eighth and hooker. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights.
Born in Grafton, New South Wales, Roberts is an Indigenous Australian and played his junior football for the Western Suburbs Rosellas in the Newcastle Rugby League, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.
Roberts is a cousin of Amos Roberts and a second cousin of current Brisbane Broncos player James Roberts.
After being spotted playing in the Newcastle Rugby League by Newcastle Knights coach Rick Stone, Roberts was signed by the Knights. From 2009 to 2011, he played for the Knights' NYC team.
In Round 6 of the 2011 NRL season, Roberts made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, playing off the interchange bench in the Knights' 24-20 win at Hunter Stadium. He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 7 matches. On 16 October 2011, he was 18th man for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.