Dean Britt (born 17 March 1994) is an Australian professional

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footballer who last played as a forward for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

in the

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. He previously played for the

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and the

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...

in the

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Background

Britt was born in

Camden, New South Wales Camden is a historic town and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, located 65 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Camden was the administrative centre for the local government area of Camden Council until July 2016 a ...

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, and is the son of

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international Darren Britt. Britt was educated at

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. Dean played his junior rugby league for the Camden Rams, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Britt played for the Melbourne Storm

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team.

In April 2013, he played for the

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under-20s team against the

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under-20s team. In May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against Queensland for a second year in a row. In 2015, he graduated to the Storm's

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team,

Eastern Suburbs Tigers The Brisbane Tigers are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. Since 1996, they have competed in the Queensland Cup, having competed in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership (rugby league ...

. In August 2015, he re-signed with the Melbourne club on a two-year contract until the end of 2017.

2017

In May, Britt played for the

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against the

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. In June, he signed a 2-year contract with the

starting in 2018. In round 15 of the

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, he made his

debut for the Melbourne side against the

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. In July, Britt joined South Sydney early for the remainder of the 2017 season in a player swap with Melbourne for Robbie Rochow. In preparation for getting ready to make his debut with South Sydney, Britt was placed with the

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in the

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, making his debut for North Sydney on 9 July 2017, in their 22-6 win over the

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2018

On 12 June 2018, Britt was selected to play for the NSW residents side against the QLD residents side. On 24 June, Britt scored a try in NSW residents 36-20 victory over QLD. Britt spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for North Sydney but was called up to the Souths side for their round 25 51-10 victory over the

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. Britt was then retained in the Souths squad for their three finals matches, the 29-28 loss to Melbourne, 13-12 victory over St. George and the 12-4 preliminary final loss to Eastern Suburbs.

2019

On 6 May, Britt was selected for the

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residents side to play against the Queensland residents representative team. On 12 August, Britt signed a two-year deal with

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that would start in 2020.

2020

Britt made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown in round 1 of the

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against arch rivals Parramatta. Canterbury would go on to lose the match 8-2. Britt made 11 appearances for Canterbury in the

. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the

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by a better for and against over bottom placed

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2021

On 31 August, Britt was one of twelve players who were told by Canterbury that they would not be offered a contract for the 2022 season and would be released at seasons end.

References

External links

Canterbury Bulldogs profile

South Sydney Rabbitohs profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Britt, Dean 1994 births Living people Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Brisbane Tigers players Melbourne Storm players New South Wales Residents rugby league team players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players People educated at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown Queensland Residents rugby league team players Rugby league players from Camden, New South Wales Rugby league second-rows South Sydney Rabbitohs players 21st-century Australian sportsmen