Birth name | Jeral Skelton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1999-04-08)8 April 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Peter Betham (cousin) Will Skelton (cousin) Cameron Skelton (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeral Skelton (born 8 April 1999) is an Australian professionalrugby leaguefootballer who plays as awinger for theWests Tigers in theNational Rugby League (NRL), andSamoa at international level.
Skelton played his junior rugby forWests Rugby and playedrugby sevens for theAustralia national rugby sevens team between 2017 and 2020, before switching to the 15-man code, joining theMelbourne Rebels in 2020, who he would play for until 2022.[1][2][3]
He played eight NRL games for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2023-24.
In August 2024 Skelton signed a two-year deal with theWests Tigers from 2025.[4]
Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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2023 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2024 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
2025 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Totals | 8 | 3 | 12 |
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Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2020 AU | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 AU | Rebels | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 TT | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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