Dean Widders

Nickname:

Deano

Position:

Back-row

Height:

180cm

Weight:

93kg

Date Of Birth:

25 Oct 1979

Place Of Birth:

Armidale, NSW

Years Present:

2007, 2008

One of the funniest blokes ever to play first grade, football is no joke to Dean Widders. An icon of the Indigenous community Widders is one of the most creative attacking backrowers in the game. He fulfilled a variety of roles and positions for the Rabbitohs in 2007, and his big right-foot-step still manages to confound defences throughout the NRL. A leading figure within the Club on and off the field ‘Deano’ is looking at a career in politics or the media post-football.

Junior club:

Armidale, Narwan

Representative honours:

Country 2006, PM's XIII 2007, Indigenous Dreamtime Team 2008

Previous clubs and years:

Roosters 2000-2001, Eels 2002-2006

First grade debut:

Roosters v Tigers, Campbelltown, 7/5/00, round 14

Rabbitohs debut:

v Rooster, SFS, 19/3/07, round 1

What do you remember about your debut game:

It was against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown and about the only thing I do remember is that it went so fast.

What are your goals in football:

I want to win a competition with the Rabbitohs.

What is the best advice anyone ever gave you:

That whatever you put in you get out at training and on the field.

What was your first job:

Working in a service station.

First Grade Games:

159

First Grade Tries:

First Grade Points:

144

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