Kurt Dillon (born 8 August 1994) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays as a for the

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in the

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. He previously played for the

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and

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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(NRL).

Background

Dillon was born in

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. He was educated at Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah and his junior club was De La Salle Caringbah. Dillon is the son of former 1st grader Geoff Dillon.

Playing career

2017

Dillon won the

Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, New South Wales, Newtown, a suburb of Inner West (Sydney), Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after t ...

player of the year in 2017.

2018

He was named to make his Cronulla-Sutherland debut for their round 6 local derby match against the

St George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

. On 5 September 2018, the South Sydney club announced the signing of Dillon for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Dillon played for Cronulla's feeder club side Newtown in the 2018

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grand final against

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which Newtown lost 18-12.

2019

Dillon made no appearances for the South Sydney first grade team in 2019 but played for the club's reserve grade side in the

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. Dillon played in South Sydney's preliminary final defeat against Wentworthville.

2020

Dillon made his debut for South Sydney in round 15 of the

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against Manly-Warringah in which Souths won the match 56-16 at

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. On 9 November, Dillon was released by South Sydney.

2021

In 2021, Dillon signed a contract to play for the

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team.

2022

In 2022, Dillon re-joined

side Newtown.

References

External links

South Sydney Rabbitohs profileCronulla Sharks profile
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