Dean Widders
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Widders in 2008
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Personal information
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25 October 1979 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Richard Widders (born 25 October 1979 in Armidale, New South Wales) is a retired Indigenous Australian professional rugby league player.
Widders played his first game of rugby league at the age of six, he tried many other sports but excelled especially in rugby league. Widders was also an avid reader during his childhood, a skill that he continues to promote.
During Widders' teenage years he honed his rugby league skills and became well known in the local area as a lock playing for the Armidale Greens. During this time a Sydney Roosters selector flew to Armidale to see Widders' play. When Widders' was 14, in 1993, he was invited to a selection trial and proved to be one of the best players.
At the age of 17, in 1996, Widders' moved to Sydney to play with the Sydney Roosters. In this year he also captained an Aboriginal side.
Widders' played NRL Premier League for the Roosters, occasionally playing in NRL matches. In 2002 Widders' signed with the Parramatta Eels, he finished with this club at the end of 2006.
Widders' was involved in a racial vilification incident in July 2005 when South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Bryan Fletcher racially abused him [1]. In 2006 he signed a three-year contract to play for the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2007. Widders lost form remarkably in 2008 and played most of the year for NSW Cup side North Sydney before being released 1 year early and signing for Castleford Tigers in England where he has played since 2009
Dean joined Castleford for the 2009 season. Dean played 19 times in his first season for the tigers scoring 6 tries. He became a big fans favourite usually coming from the bench.
Dean started 2010 in great fashion scoring the final and clinching try away at Headingley in Castlefords opening game against Leeds Rhinos Dean unfortunately picked up an injury and missed 2 months of the season but has since came back and played in an unfamiliar role of Stand-off linking up with Rangi Chase He has blossomed in the position and remains a big favourite with the tigers fans.
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