Curtis Sironen

Curtis Sironen
Personal information
Born (1993-07-31) 31 July 1993
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–16 Wests Tigers 65 8 4 0 40
2017– Manly Sea Eagles 20 8 0 0 32
Total 85 16 4 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–17 City Origin 4 0 0 0 0
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1][2]

Curtis Sironen is an Australian professional rugby league player who plays for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. He primarily plays as a second-row forward. He previously played for the Wests Tigers from 2012 to 2016. He is the son of Balmain Tigers legend Paul Sironen.

Early years

Sironen played his junior football with the Dundas Shamrocks.[3] A student at Holy Cross College Ryde, Sironen captained the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges to victory in the Australian Schoolboys tournament in 2011.[4] He represented New South Wales at an under-18 level, and played for the Australian Schoolboys side in 2011,[5] while playing for Wests Tigers NYC team. Undergoing shoulder surgery after completing his HSC, Sironen rejoined the NYC team in round 9.[6]

Playing career

2012

With Robert Lui leaving the club at the end of 2011, Sironen was considered a possible replacement for the Wests Tigers halfback, along with players Jacob Miller, Tim Moltzen, and Tom Humble.[5] Moltzen started the season at halfback, but a number of players filled the position before Benji Marshall moved from five-eighth. Sironen was 18 years old when he made his debut from the bench against the North Queensland Cowboys midway through the 2012 NRL season.[6] The next week he made his first appearance in the starting side, playing at five-eighth and scoring a try. Coach Tim Sheens said of him, "I've been trying to hide him as long as I can. There's no doubt he's a first grader."[7] Sironen is the first son of a former Balmain or Wests player to get a run for Wests Tigers.[8]

Having established himself as the team five-eighth outside Benji Marshall, Sironen had played 6 games when he was injured. Coach Tim Sheens said, "Young Curtis will be out for the season and we're pretty sure he'll need another reconstruction. When you throw your arm out like he did and the guy's going in another direction, even with a good shoulder you can suffer a dislocation."[9] Despite playing just 6 games for the year, he was named the club's joint Rookie of the Year.[10]

2013

Returning from injury in round 6 of 2013, Sironen was initially chosen in the halves. After only one game, Sironen was a late selection (after Josh Reynolds withdrew) to play for City in the annual City vs Country Origin match. He was the third least experienced player to ever appear in the match.[11] Later in the season, Braith Anasta was moved to five-eighth and Sironen played in the second-row. In the last 4 games of the year, Sironen scored a try in 3 games.

2014

After an injury-hampered 2014, where he was limited to 13 games, Sironen underwent shoulder surgery in the off-season.

2015

He played in the first 11 rounds of 2015 before undergoing neck surgery. Returning to first grade in July, he made 19 appearances for the season. Mostly playing in the second row, he was on the field for a full 80 minutes in 15 games.[12]. On 31 October 2015, Sironen needed to delete his twitter account in the wake of a media story which arose that involved Sironen's former partner. According to reports, Sironen's ex partner hacked into his twitter account and posted a naked photo of him with another woman with the caption "I make excuses this is why my girlfriend who is tattooed on my arm left me". After the story was aired in the media Sironen tried to downplay the incident[13].

2016

Sironen played the opening two games of the season in the second row, before missing three with injury. Soon after his return, he was chosen in the City side for the third time. Sironen said, "As someone who wants State of Origin honours in the future this is one of the stepping stones. Earlier this season I had a hamstring niggle. I've just been trying to get my body healthy and play for the Tigers, I'm just worrying about that before anything else. If I can put all the drama aside I'll be able to one day achieve the goals I've set myself."[14]

In November 2016 it was reported that Sironen would opt out of his contract so he could join the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for 2 seasons starting in 2017.[15]. In the wake of Sironen leaving The Wests Tigers, his father Paul slammed coach Jason Taylor in the media as he claimed that Taylor was leaving his son out of the first grade side on purpose. After Taylor was terminated, Paul Sironen said "He punted me then got rid of my young bloke last year, Well, karma's a bitch, Good riddance & don't let the door hit you on the way out!"[16].

2017

On 4 May 2017, Sironen was placed under investigation by The NRL for an incident involving his former partner and the woman he had an affair with at a Balmain pub. It was alleged that Sironen smashed the door of a women’s toilet because his former partner was spending far too long in the woman's cubicle with the woman he was cheated with. Witnesses said they had seen Sironen leave bleeding heavily from his hand and he was photographed two days later at training with his hand wrapped in a bandage[17][18]. In the 2017 season, Sironen suffered a torn pectoral muscle in Round 14 and was ruled out for 12 weeks. He made it back for the last two games of the season – round 26 against the Penrith Panthers and then the elimination final, against the same opponents the following week[19]. At the end of the season Curtis played 15 games for the Manly Sea Eagles scoring 6 tries [20].

2018

In the 2018 NRL season, Sironen only managed to feature in 4 games for Manly as he missed the majority of the year with a knee injury which required a reconstruction.[21][22]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Curtis Sironen rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ League Central
  3. ↑ "Curtis Sironen". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Sam Spurr (28 August 2011). "Curtis follows in Dad's footsteps". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 Daniel Lane (11 December 2012). "Injury puts Sironen on back foot in race for No.7". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  6. 1 2 Michael Chammas (28 May 2012). "Sheens ponders prospect of promoting Tigers' cub Sironen to key role". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Crystal Ja (3 June 2012). "Sironen secures No.6 for Tigers in NRL". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Brad Walter (28 May 2012). "Five things we learnt from yesterday's game". The Courier. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  9. ↑ Christian Nicolussi (25 July 2012). "Wests Tigers coach Wayne Cousins forced to reconfigure his backline thanks to heavy injury toll". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  10. ↑ Wayne Cousins (28 September 2012). "Aaron Woods named Player of the Year". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Josh Massoud (16 April 2013). "Wests Tigers' James Tedesco and Curtis Sironen promoted to City team". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Alicia Newton and Dan Talintyre. "2015 Season Review: Curtis Sironen". weststigers.com.au.
  13. ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tiger-curtis-sironen-seemingly-outed-on-twitter-for-cheating-20151031-gknjxb.html
  14. ↑ Daniel Lane. "Curtis Sironen calls City Origin jumper a stepping stone to State of Origin dream". Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ↑ Triple M. "7th Tackle Reports Curtis Sironen Will Sign With Manly Sea Eagles". Triple M.
  16. ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/good-riddance-wests-tigers-legend-paul-sironen-delivers-withering-sendoff-to-jason-taylor-20170320-gv2ghg.html
  17. ↑ https://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/05/04/19/33/manly-sea-eagles-player-curtis-sironen-under-investigation-over-incident-in-balmain-pub
  18. ↑ http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/sironen-in-trouble-after-weekend-pub-incident-manly-sea-eagles/1piyqampdjz791s6npzyjxzf72
  19. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2017/12/14/manlys-curtis-sironen-out-to-match-the-feats-of-a-club-great/
  20. ↑ https://www.totalfootystats.com.au/nrl-player-stats/manly-sea-eagles/curtis-sironen&disp_year=2017#.WxpzYlOFNAY
  21. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/11/manly-sea-eagles-2018-season-review/
  22. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTQtMTcxNy00LS0tLS0tMTk3ODItLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t
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