Deon Cross
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Full name | Deon Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 28) St Helens, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 13 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1][2] As of 23 August 2024 |
Deon Cross (born 30 July 1996) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League.
He previously played for the Rochdale Hornets, Barrow Raiders and the Widnes Vikings in the Championship, featuring as a winger earlier in his career.[3]
Playing career
In February 2022 Cross made his Salford Super League début against the Castleford Tigers.[4] In the 2023 Super League season, Cross played 27 matches for Salford as the club finished 7th on the table and missed the playoffs.[5]
Deon Cross started out his career at his local junior club Blackbrook ARLFC in St.Helens before making a move to the St.Helens Scholarship program. Once being released as a 16yr old Cross then returned to the amateur fold playing for the Blackbrook open age side.
Cross then went onto play for the Rochdale Hornets side in 2018 before a move to Barrow Raiders in 2019 then returning locally to play for the Widnes Vikings outfit for the 2020 season where he scored a try in every appearance he played for the Vikings that season. Then in 2022 Cross finally got a Super League move to the Salford Red Devils where he's been a standout performer in the competition ever since.
References
External links
- Salford Red Devils profile
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- 1 Brierley
- 2 Ryan
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- 7 Sneyd
- 8 Singleton
- 9 Bourouh
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- 11 Stone
- 12 Watkins
- 13 Partington
- 14 Atkin
- 15 Wright
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- 18 Hellewell
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- 20 Dixon
- 21 Foster
- 22 Morgan
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- 25 Connell
- 26 Nofoaluma
- 27 Dudson
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- Coach: Rowley