John Skandalis
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| Personal information | ||||||
| Nickname | Skando | |||||
| Born | 16 June 1976 | |||||
| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1996–2000 | Western Suburbs Magpies | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2000–2006 | Wests Tigers | 166 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2007–2008 | Huddersfield Giants | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2009– | Wests Tigers | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 285 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2004–2006 | City Origin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: League Central NRL Stats RLP | ||||||
John Skandalis (born 16 June 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the NRL. He played previously for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Huddersfield Giants. Skandalis primarily plays at prop forward.
[edit] Playing career
Skandalis was the last original Western Suburbs player remaining at the Wests Tigers club after the merger in 2000. He signed on for the Magpies in the early 1990s after playing out his junior years with the Minto Cobras. His first grade debut came in round 9 of the 1996 season against the Penrith Panthers on May 17. He scored the first try for the Wests Tigers in 2000.
Skandalis is known for his workhorse attitude and his never say die approach to rugby league and as the years have progressed his performances gradually caught the attention of representative selectors.[citation needed] This was seen in both the 2002 and 2004 seasons where Skandalis was dually awarded with his first representative call up for City team in the annual City v. Country fixture.
Skandalis was a member of the Wests Tigers team which won the NRL Premiership Grand Final on 2 October 2005.
Skandalis holds the record for the most first grade games for the Wests Tigers with 180 appearances. He had previously played 64 games for Wests Magpies before the club merged.
On 14 June 2006, Skandalis signed a two-year contract to play in Super League (Europe) with the Huddersfield Giants, starting from the 2007 season.
In 2008, Skandalis was made vice-captain of the squad, alongside Ryan Hudson. He led the team out against Wigan when regular captain Chris Thorman was injured.
Skandalis returned to Australia at the end of the 2008 season following a knee injury, picked up early in the season, which prevented him from participating further. Skandalis took up a post with West Tigers Youth Development.[1]
In 2009, Skandalis was named in the Wests Magpies NSW Cup side, but was recalled to the Wests Tigers team from round 11, after injuries to other players.[2] He remained in the first grade team for the rest of the season.
The inaugural "Philips Sports Dad of the Year" was awarded to Skandalis in late 2009, narrowly defeating Brett Kimmorley.[3] He donated the money to the Starlight Children's Foundation.
His Greek heritage made him eligible to represent Greece, which he did as captain[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Giants' Skando to go http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2008/07/24/giants-skando-to-go-86081-21395497
- ^ Steve Jancetic. "John Skandalis answers Tigers' SOS". Daily Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,25507683-5006066,00.html. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ Phil Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson (6 September 2009). "Skando top of the pops". Daily Telegraph (Australia). http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/skando-top-of-the-pops/story-e6freye0-1225769789150. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=26728
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