Dean Britt (born 17 March 1994) is an Australian professional

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footballer who last played as a forward for the

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in the NRL. He previously played for the

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and the

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in the

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Background

Britt was born in

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, Australia, and is the son of

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international

Darren Britt Darren Britt (born 9 October 1969) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Western Suburbs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He also represented the Australian n ...

. Britt was educated at

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. Dean played his junior rugby league for the

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, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Britt played for the Melbourne Storm

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team.

In April 2013, he played for the

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under-20s team against the

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under-20s team. In May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against Queensland for a second year in a row. In 2015, he graduated to the Storm's

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team,

Eastern Suburbs Tigers The Brisbane Tigers are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. Since 1996, they have competed in the Queensland Cup, having competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1934 to 1997, where ...

. In August 2015, he re-signed with the Melbourne club on a two-year contract until the end of 2017.

2017

In May, Britt played for the

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against the New South Wales Residents. In June, he signed a 2-year contract with the

starting in 2018. In round 15 of the

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, he made his NRL debut for the Melbourne side against the

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. In July, Britt joined South Sydney early for the remainder of the 2017 season in a player swap with Melbourne for Robbie Rochow. In preparation for getting ready to make his debut with South Sydney, Britt was placed with the

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in the

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, making his debut for North Sydney on 9 July 2017, in their 22-6 win over the

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2018

On 12 June 2018, Britt was selected to play for the NSW residents side against the QLD residents side. On 24 June, Britt scored a try in NSW residents 36-20 victory over QLD. Britt spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for North Sydney but was called up to the Souths side for their round 25 51-10 victory over the

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. Britt was then retained in the Souths squad for their three finals matches, the 29-28 loss to Melbourne, 13-12 victory over St. George and the 12-4 preliminary final loss to Eastern Suburbs.

2019

On 6 May, Britt was selected for the

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residents side to play against the Queensland residents representative team. On 12 August, Britt signed a two-year deal with

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that would start in 2020.

2020

Britt made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown in round 1 of the

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against arch rivals Parramatta. Canterbury would go on to lose the match 8-2. Britt made 11 appearances for Canterbury in the

. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the

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by a better for and against over bottom placed

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2021

On 31 August, Britt was one of twelve players who were told by Canterbury that they would not be offered a contract for the 2022 season and would be released at seasons end.

References

External links

Canterbury Bulldogs profile

South Sydney Rabbitohs profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Britt, Dean 1994 births Living people Australian rugby league players Melbourne Storm players South Sydney Rabbitohs players Eastern Suburbs Tigers players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league second-rows Rugby league players from Sydney Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players