30 Facts About Edrick Lee

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Edrick Lee was born on 18 September 1992 and is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League.

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Edrick Lee has represented the Indigenous All Stars and Queensland in the State of Origin series.

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Edrick Lee is of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

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Edrick Lee is the cousin of NBA basketball player Patty Mills, NBL basketball player Nathan Jawai and Dolphins rugby league player Brenko Edrick Lee.

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Edrick Lee's uncle is former Olympian basketballer Danny Morseu, the second Indigenous Australian to represent Australia at the Olympics in basketball.

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Edrick Lee began playing rugby league at age 12 for Easts Mount Gravatt.

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In 2010, Edrick Lee was playing rugby league in Brisbane's second division competition for Mt Gravatt, situated in the Brisbane Broncos official catchment area, when he was spotted by Souths Logan Magpies scout Brian Edwards.

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In 2012, Edrick Lee was included in the Canberra first grade trial against the Melbourne Storm in which he scored a try.

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On 9 March 2012, Edrick Lee re-signed with Canberra for a further two years, until the end of the 2014 NRL season.

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Edrick Lee cemented his spot in the centres for the Raiders under 20s in 2012, scoring 11 tries in their first 10 games.

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One of the form players to start the year, Edrick Lee was called up to represent Queensland in the inaugural Under 20s State of Origin.

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Edrick Lee finished his debut year in the NRL with playing in 7 matches and scoring 6 tries.

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In round 13, against the Brisbane Broncos, Edrick Lee broke his arm with 15 minutes remaining.

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Edrick Lee had played in nine matches and scored seven tries.

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On 23 October, Edrick Lee re-signed with the Canberra Raiders until the end of the 2017 season.

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Edrick Lee made a return in round 22 and finished the year with two tries from eight appearances.

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In June, Edrick Lee was named as 18th man for Queensland leading up to game 3 of the 2015 State of Origin series.

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Edrick Lee finished the 2015 season having played in 23 matches and scored 12 tries.

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Edrick Lee was named in the Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but was ruled out due to injury.

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At the start of the year, Edrick Lee was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad.

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Edrick Lee finished the 2016 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring seven tries for the Raiders.

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On 23 February 2017, Edrick Lee signed a two-year deal the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks after being released by the Raiders.

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Edrick Lee spent the majority of The 2017 season with Cronulla's feeder club team The Newtown Jets in The Intrust Super Premiership NSW.

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On 26 June 2017, Edrick Lee was held up over the line with less than four minutes to play when playing for Newtown against Wests Tigers in what some media outlets described as the bombed try of the year.

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Edrick Lee made a total of 19 appearances for Cronulla in 2018 and scored 12 tries.

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Edrick Lee made his State of Origin debut for Queensland in Game 3 of the 2020 State of Origin series after Xavier Coates was ruled out with an injury he suffered in the pre-game captain's run.

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Edrick Lee was out injured for all of the 2021 NRL season.

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Over five-hundred days since his last professional game, Edrick Lee returned to the Newcastle side against the St George Illawarra Dragons in round 6 of the 2022 NRL season.

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Edrick Lee played a total of sixteen games and scored fourteen tries for Newcastle in 2022.

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In 2023, Edrick Lee commenced a two-year contract with new NRL franchise the Dolphins and made his debut for the club in round 6 against the North Queensland Cowboys at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.