Tom Symonds (born 17 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league player who last played for the

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in the

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. He previously played for the

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ...

and

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...

Playing career

Early career

Symonds was born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for Bondi United and the

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, whilst attending

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before being signed by the

Sydney Roosters

He played for the Roosters'

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team in 2008 and 2009, scoring 8 tries in 29 games. In round 11 of the

2009 NRL season The 2009 NRL season was the 102nd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the twelfth run by the National Rugby League. For the third consecutive year, sixteen teams competed for the 2009 Telstra Premiership ...

Symonds made his

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debut for the Roosters against the

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. Symonds made a total of 8 appearances in his debut season at the club as they finished last on the table for the first time since 1966. In the

2010 NRL season The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League. The season commenced on 12 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 3 Octobe ...

, Symonds made 5 appearances but did not feature in the club's finals campaign or the

2010 NRL Grand Final The 2010 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2010 NRL season. Played on Sunday, 3 October at Sydney's ANZ Stadium, the match was contested by the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters. It was ...

. Symonds departed the

following conclusion of the

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

On 7 March 2013, Symonds signed a one-year contract with the

starting in the same year after being released by the Roosters due to salary cap reasons. In his first year at Manly, he played for the club in their

2013 NRL Grand Final The 2013 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2013 NRL season. Played on Sunday, 6 October at Sydney's ANZ Stadium between the minor premiers Sydney Roosters and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The Roosters won ...

loss to his former club the

. The following year, Manly again qualified for the finals but were eliminated by

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. Symonds played with Manly up until the end of the

2016 NRL season The 2016 NRL season was the 109th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 19th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...

before departing the club.

Huddersfield Giants

In 2016, he signed for the

in the

Representative career

In 2011, Symonds was selected for the

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team to play

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in the annual

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match.

References

External links

Huddersfield Giants profileManly-Warringah Sea Eagles profileSL profile
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