Kaide Ellis
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Personal information | ||||||
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Born | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia |
4 August 1996 |||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||
Weight | 17 st 7 lb (111 kg) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Prop, Loose forward | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2018–19 | Penrith Panthers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020–21 | St. George Illawarra | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022– | Wigan Warriors | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
As of 12 March 2022 | ||||||
Source: [1][2] |
Kaide Ellis (born 4 August 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and loose forward for the Wigan Warriors in the ESL.
He previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League.
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Early career
Ellis was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Dubbo College Senior Campus where he represented 2013 NSW CHS team.
Kaide played his junior rugby league at St Johns Dubbo and South Dubbo Raiders.
He signed with the Penrith Panthers and won 2015 National Youth Competition Grand Final.[citation needed]
Playing career
2017
He played in the Panthers State Championship final vs the PNG Hunters, where he also got man of the match.[citation needed]
2018
Ellis made his first grade debut in Round 6 of the 2018 NRL season against the Gold Coast Titans at Penrith Park which ended in a 35-12 victory. Ellis was sin binned during the match for repeated infringements during the second half.[3][4]
2020
On 12 July, Ellis was released by the Penrith club, signing for St. George Illawarra until the end of the 2020 season.[5][6]
In November 2020, he signed a one-year contract extension to remain at the club in 2021.[7]
2021
On 15 July 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Wigan in the Super League on a three-year deal for the 2022 season.[8]
2022
In round 5 of the 2022 Super League season, Ellis was placed on report for fighting during the Wigan's 28-0 loss to Catalans Dragons. Ellis was subsequently banned for five matches over the incident.[9] On 28 May 2022, he played for Wigan in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final victory over Huddersfield.[10]
2023
In the 2023 Challenge Cup quarter-final, Ellis was sent off during Wigan's 14-12 victory over Warrington. On 20 June, Ellis was given a three-game ban and a £250 fine over the incident.[11] On 14 October, Ellis played in Wigan's 2023 Super League Grand Final victory over the Catalans Dragons.[12]
Controversy
On 5 July 2021, Ellis was fined $5000 by the NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game's Covid-19 biosecurity protocols when he attended a party along with 12 other St. George Illawarra players at Paul Vaughan's property.[13]
Honours
Penrith Panthers (Reserves)
Wigan Warriors
- Super League
- Winners (1): 2023
- League Leaders' Shield
- Winners (1): 2023
- Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 2022
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- Living people
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