Kris Tassell (born 16 September 1973) is a former

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footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. , or , he played for the

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North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ...

Salford City Reds The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the ...

and the Swinton Lions.

Background

Born in

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, Tassell, who is of

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descent through his grandparents, played his junior rugby league for the

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and attended Trinity Anglican School before being signed by the

Playing career

In 1990, Tassell started at for the Queensland under-17 side in their 14–all draw with New South Wales. In Round 10 of the

1992 NSWRL season The 1992 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership season was the eighty-fifth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen teams competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield during the season which culminated in a grand final for ...

, he made his first grade in the Raiders' 31–12 loss to the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

. In 1995, Tassell joined the

, playing four first grade games, spending the majority of the season in reserve grade. In 1996, he returned to

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, signing with the

. That season, he scored eight tries in nine games before a knee injury against the

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

in Round 11 ended his season. He finished the year as the club's equal-top try scorer. In 1998, after just three games in 1997, Tassell became a regular starter for the Cowboys, playing 18 games on the wing. In 1999, his final year at the club, he played 12 games. In 2000, Tassell joined the

in the Super League. He played 26 games that season, mainly at centre, scoring seven tries. Later the year, he represented

at the Rugby League World Cup. In their first group game against the

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, he scored a hat trick and was named Man of the Match. In their semi-final loss to Australia, he scored a try in the 22–46 defeat. In 2002, after two seasons with Salford, Tassell moved to

, where he scored 10 tries in 24 games. In 2003, Tassell played for the Swinton Lions in the National League Two. In November 2003, he once again scored a try against Australia in Wales' 4–76 loss on the

2003 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France The 2003 Kangaroo Tour was a six-match tour by the Australia national rugby league team of France, Wales and England, and to date has been the last Kangaroo Tour. The last three matches were all Tests against Great Britain national rugby league te ...

Statistics

NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL

Super League

International

Personal life

Tassell's older brothers,

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and

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, were both professional rugby league players.

References

External links

Bulldogs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tassell, Kris 1973 births Living people Australian people of Welsh descent Australian rugby league players Canberra Raiders players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players North Queensland Cowboys players Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Mount Isa Rugby league wingers Salford Red Devils players Swinton Lions players Wakefield Trinity players Wales national rugby league team players