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| Born | (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (age 34) Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth, Fullback, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Amos Roberts (cousin) James Roberts (2nd cousin) Tyronne Roberts-Davis (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tyrone Roberts (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian professionalrugby league footballer who plays for theBallina Seagulls in theNRRRL as ahalfback orfive-eighth.
He previously played for theBrisbane Broncos,Newcastle Knights and theGold Coast Titans in theNational Rugby League (NRL), theWarrington Wolves in theSuper League and theNorths Devils in theQueensland Cup. Roberts has played forNew South Wales Country and theIndigenous All Stars.
Roberts was born inGrafton, New South Wales,Australia and is anIndigenous Australian.
He played his junior football for theWestern Suburbs Rosellas in theNewcastle Rugby League, before being signed by theNewcastle Knights.
Roberts is a cousin of the rugby league footballer;Amos Roberts, and a second cousin of the rugby league footballer;James Roberts.[3]
After being spotted playing in the Newcastle Rugby League byNewcastle Knights coachRick Stone, Roberts was signed by the Newcastle club.[4] From 2009 to 2011, he played for the Knights'NYC team.[5][6]
In round 6 of the2011 NRL season, Roberts made hisNRL debut forNewcastle against theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks, playing off the interchange bench in the Knights' 24–20 win atHunter Stadium.[7] He finished off his debut year in theNRL having played in seven matches.[8] On 16 October 2011, he was 18th man for theJunior Kangaroos against theJunior Kiwis.[9]
In round 12 of the2012 NRL season, Roberts scored his first NRL career try against theGold Coast Titans, in the Knights' 24–14 loss atHunter Stadium.[10][11] On 4 May 2012, he re-signed with the Newcastle club on a two-year contract.[12] He scored 3 tries and kicked 40 goals from 18 appearances for the year.[13]
Roberts played in all the club's 27 matches, scoring 6 tries and kicking 49 goals.[14]
On 15 and 16 February, Roberts played for Newcastle in the inauguralNRL Auckland Nines tournament.[15] He scored the first ever try of the tournament in the Knights' 15–12 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[16] On 19 February, he re-signed with Newcastle on a two-year contract.[17] On 4 May, he played at halfback forNew South Wales Country againstNew South Wales City in the2014 City vs Country Origin match atApex Oval inDubbo, kicking 3 goals in the 26–26 draw.[18] In the Knights' last match of the season against theSt. George Illawarra Dragons, he was sinned binned for 10 minutes after he got into a punch up with St. George centreJosh Dugan in Newcastle's 40–10 win.[19] He finished the 2014 season having again played in all of the Knights' 24 matches, scoring 9 tries and kicking 20 goals.[20]
On 31 January and 1 February, Roberts played for Newcastle in the2015 NRL Auckland Nines.[21] On 13 February, he played off the interchange bench for theIndigenous All Stars in the annualAll Stars match atCbus Super Stadium.[22][23] In round 12 of the2015 NRL season, he suffered an ankle injury against theNew Zealand Warriors, ending his run of 79 consecutive games going back to May 2012.[24] After being heavily criticised about his form in 2014 and 2015, Roberts fell out of favour with Newcastle[25] and signed a two-year contract with theGold Coast Titans starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Knights contract.[26] 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.[27] On 15 December, he was named on the interchange bench for theIndigenous All Stars team to play against theWorld All Stars on 13 February 2016.[28][29]
In February, Roberts played for the Gold Coast in the2016 NRL Auckland Nines.[30] On 13 February, he again played for the Indigenous All Stars against the newWorld All Stars, playing at halfback in his team's 8–12 loss atSuncorp Stadium.[31] In Round 1 of the2016 NRL season, 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 atCbus Super Stadium.[32] Roberts was very influential in helping the Gold Coast reach theNRL Finals for the first time since 2010.
It was announced in October 2017 that he would be joining English Super League club Warrington on a three-year deal.[33]
He played in the2018 Challenge Cup Final defeat by theCatalans Dragons atWembley Stadium.[34]
He played in the2018 Super League Grand Final defeat by theWigan Warriors atOld Trafford.[35]
After only a single season at theWarrington Wolves, Roberts sought and was granted a release to return to Australia for the2019 NRL season to be with his young family. He signed a two-year deal through to the end of the2020 NRL season with the Gold Coast.[36]Roberts played in Warrington's2018 Super League Grand Final defeat against Wigan atOld Trafford. Warrington were looking to win their first premiership since 1955 but fell short for the second time in three years.[37]
Roberts played 15 games for the Gold Coast in the2019 NRL season as the club finished last on the table after a horror year on and off the field.[38][39][40][41] He also played halfback for theIndigenous All Stars in their 34–14 win over the Maori All Stars in the annualNRL All Stars match.
Roberts played only 3 games for the Gold Coast in the2020 NRL season as the club finished ninth on the table. Following the conclusion of the season, Roberts was released by the Gold Coast.[42]
Roberts joined theBrisbane Broncos on a train and trial contract for the pre season after leadingNorths Devils to theQueensland Cup 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 theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs, 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 halfbackAdam Reynolds in 32–20 loss againstMelbourne Storm.[43]Roberts then played out the rest of 2022 with Norths in the Queensland Cup helping them win a second premiership in a row.[44]
Roberts joined Queensland Cup side Burleigh in the 2023 season and played for the club in their Queensland Cup Grand Final loss against theBrisbane Tigers.[45]
On 29 January 2025 it was reported that he had signed up forBallina Seagulls playing in theNRRRL competition for the 2025 season[46]