Tyrone Roberts (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays for the

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in the

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as a or . He previously played for the

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and the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...

in the

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, the

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in the

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and the

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in the

. Roberts has played for New South Wales Country and the Indigenous All Stars.

Background

Roberts was born in

Grafton, New South Wales Grafton ( Bundjalung-Yugambeh: Gumbin Gir) is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Clarence River, approximately by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney. The closest m ...

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and is an

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. He played his junior football for the

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in the

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, before being signed by the

. Roberts is a cousin of the rugby league footballer;

Amos Roberts Amos Roberts (born 2 November 1980) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A Country New South Wales representative prolific try-scoring back, he played in Australia's National Rugby League for the St. Georg ...

, and a second cousin of the rugby league footballer; James Roberts.

Playing career

Early career

After being spotted playing in the Newcastle Rugby League by

coach

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, Roberts was signed by the Newcastle club. From 2009 to 2011, he played for the Knights'

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team.

2011

In round 6 of the

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, Roberts made his

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debut for

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against the

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, playing off the interchange bench in the Knights' 24-20 win at

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. He finished off his debut year in the

having played in seven matches. On 16 October 2011, he was 18th man for the

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against the

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2012

In round 12 of the

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, Roberts scored his first NRL career try against the

, in the Knights' 24-14 loss at

. On 4 May 2012, he re-signed with the Newcastle club on a two-year contract. He scored 3 tries and kicked 40 goals from 18 appearances for the year.

2013

Roberts played in all the club's 27 matches, scoring 6 tries and kicking 49 goals.

2014

On 15 and 16 February, Roberts played for Newcastle in the inaugural

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tournament. He scored the first ever try of the tournament in the Knights' 15-12 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. On 19 February, he re-signed with Newcastle on a two-year contract. On 4 May, he played at halfback for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City in the 2014 City vs Country Origin match at

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, kicking 3 goals in the 26-26 draw. In the Knights' last match of the season against the

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, he was sinned binned for 10 minutes after he got into a punch up with St. George centre

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in Newcastle's 40-10 win. He finished the 2014 season having again played in all of the Knights' 24 matches, scoring 9 tries and kicking 20 goals.

2015

On 31 January and 1 February, Roberts played for Newcastle in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. On 13 February, he played off the interchange bench for the Indigenous All Stars in the annual All Stars match at

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. In round 12 of the 2015 NRL season, he suffered an ankle injury against the

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, ending his run of 79 consecutive games going back to May 2012. After being heavily criticized about his form in 2014 and 2015, Roberts fell out of favour with Newcastle and signed a two-year contract with the

starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Knights contract. He finished his last year with the Knights having played in 21 matches, scoring 3 tries and kicking 54 goals as the club finished last on the table for the first time since 2005. On 15 December, he was named on the interchange bench for the Indigenous All Stars team to play against the

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on 13 February 2016.

2016

In February, Roberts played for the Gold Coast in the

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. On 13 February, he again played for the Indigenous All Stars against the new

, playing at halfback in his team's 8-12 loss at

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. In Round 1 of the

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, he made his club debut for the Titans against his previous club the Knights, playing at five-eighth and kicking 5 goals in the Titans' 30-12 win at

. Roberts was very influential in helping the Gold Coast reach the

Finals for the first time since 2010.

2017

It was announced in October 2017 that he would be joining English Super League club Warrington on a three-year deal.

2018

He played in the

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defeat by the

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. He played in the

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defeat by the

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. After only a single season at the

, Roberts sought and was granted a release to return to Australia for the

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to be with his young family. He signed a two-year deal through to the end of the

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with the Gold Coast. Roberts played in Warrington's

defeat against Wigan at

. Warrington were looking to win their first premiership since 1955 but fell short for the second time in three years.

2019

Roberts played 15 games for the Gold Coast in the

as the club finished last on the table after a horror year on and off the field. He also played halfback for the Indigenous All Stars in their 34-14 win over the Maori All Stars in the annual NRL All Stars match.

2020

Roberts played only 3 games for the Gold Coast in the

as the club finished ninth on the table. Following the conclusion of the season, Roberts was released by the Gold Coast.

2022

Roberts joined the

on a train and trial contract for the pre season after leading

to the

Premiership. Due to a large number of players unavailable due to testing positive for covid, Roberts made his debut for the club in Round 1 against the

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, in an 11-4 upset victory over last year's runners up. Roberts played his second game of the year in Round 15 filling in for injured captain and halfback

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in 32-20 loss against

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. Roberts then played out the rest of 2022 with Norths in the Queensland Cup helping them win a second premiership in a row. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/qld-cup-2022/grand-final/redcliffe-vs-norths/summary.html

References

External links

Warrington Wolves profileGold Coast Titans profileNRL profileSL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Tyrone 1991 births Living people Australian rugby league players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Brisbane Broncos players Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players Gold Coast Titans players Indigenous All Stars players Indigenous Australian rugby league players Junior Kangaroos players Newcastle Knights players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Grafton, New South Wales Warrington Wolves players Western Suburbs Rosellas players