Kris Tassell

Kris Tassell
Personal information
Born (1973-09-16) 16 September 1973
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 15 st 0 lb (95 kg)
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992 Canberra Raiders 2 0 0 0 0
1995 Sydney Bulldogs 4 0 0 0 0
1996–99 North Qld Cowboys 42 18 0 0 72
2000–01 Salford City Reds 45 12 0 0 48
2002 Wakefield Trinity 24 10 0 0 40
2003 Swinton Lions 25 12 0 0 48
Total 142 52 0 0 208
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–04 Wales 11 6 0 0 24
Source: [1]

Kris Tassell (born 16 September 1973) is a former Welsh international rugby league footballer. He played at club level for the Canberra Raiders, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, North Queensland Cowboys, Salford, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and the Swinton Lions, as a fullback, wing, or centre.[1][2]

Background

Tassell was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

International honours

Kris Tassell won 11 caps for Wales in 2000–2004 while at Salford, Wakefield Trinity and Swinton 6-tries 24-points.[1]

Kris Tassell played in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup for Wales and won man of the match honours in the first round game versus the Cook Islands in which he scored a hat trick. He further added to his tryscoring tally in the semi-final game against Australia where a vailiant Wales team gave Australia their biggest scare of the tournament going down valiantly in the last 20 minutes of the game after having led most of the game.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
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