Jim Serdaris

Jim Serdaris

Personal information
Born	(1971-10-01) 1 October 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1989–92	South Sydney	69	11	0	0	44
1993	Canterbury-Bankstn.	22	0	0	0	12
1994–95	Western Suburbs	37	11	0	1	45
1996–99	Manly-Warringah	80	4	0	0	32
	Total	208	26	0	1	133
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995	New South Wales	3	0	0	0	0
1994–95	Australia	1	0	0	0	0
1995	City Origin	1	0	0	0	0
Source: RL project

Jim Serdaris (born 1 October 1971, Sydney) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He primarily played at hooker.

Career

Serdaris won the Dally M Rookie of the Year in 1989. At the end of the 1994 NSWRL season, he went on the 1994 Kangaroo tour. He was selected to represent New South Wales as a hooker for all three games of the 1995 State of Origin series and played his only Test for Australia in the subsequent series against New Zealand. Serdaris was a member of the 1996 Grand Final winning Manly-Warringah team which defeated St. George Dragons, 20–8. Although his Australian first-grade career came to an end in 1999, Serdaris returned to rugby league in 2002, joining French club Pia XIII.