55 Facts About James Tedesco

James Tedesco previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

James Tedesco has played for Italy and Australia at international level.

James Tedesco has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, New South Wales City and New South Wales in the State of Origin series up until 2023.

James Tedesco is a dual NRL premiership winning player of 2018 and 2019.

James Tedesco was born in the north-western Sydney suburb of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.

James Tedesco was raised on a 100 hectare property in Menangle in Sydney's south west, complete with his own football field with goal posts.

James Tedesco was a student of St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, and was in year 7 when Chris Lawrence was studying year 12, at which point Lawrence had already debuted 1st Grade for their local NRL team Wests Tigers, for whom James Tedesco would go on to debut.

James Tedesco played on the wing for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Harold Matthews Cup competition, with David Nofoaluma at fullback.

James Tedesco returned to first grade in round 4 of the 2013 season, and played on the wing for four weeks.

James Tedesco said, ""On Twitter Canberra fans would say 'I hope you break your legs' and stuff like that and then I play Canberra and it happens.

James Tedesco finished the NRL season with 8 matches and 6 tries.

Between 19 August 2013 and round 7 of the 2015 season, James Tedesco had scored 18 tries in 19 appearances.

James Tedesco played in every game of 2015 and was the competition's leader for tackle breaks and the third highest try-scorer.

From round 10 onwards, James Tedesco ran for over 100 metres in each game, with the fourth highest total in the competition.

James Tedesco was named in the NRL website's Team of the Year and was a finalist for the Rugby League Players Association's highest honour, the Player's Player.

James Tedesco started the 2016 season by scoring 2 tries against the New Zealand Warriors in round 1 and his first career hat-trick against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in round 2.

James Tedesco suffered a shoulder injury in round 9, making him unavailable for the City Origin side.

James Tedesco recovered to represent the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea, but left the field with concussion in the first half.

James Tedesco scored 14 tries in 17 matches with the Tigers.

James Tedesco was named the fullback in the Dally M team of the year.

On 3 May, it was announced that James Tedesco signed a 4-year contract with the Sydney Roosters, starting in the 2018 season.

James Tedesco played fullback in all 3 matches in the 2017 State of Origin series, scoring a try in the game 1 victory before going down the next 2 matches to lose the shield to Queensland.

James Tedesco finished his last year with the Wests Tigers with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 5 tries.

On 5 October 2017, after missing on selection in the Australia Kangaroos squad, James Tedesco was instead named in the 24-man Italy squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

James Tedesco was talking to Wakeman's girlfriend which led to the altercation.

James Tedesco then told Italian officials not to sack Wakeman over the incident and that it was just a misunderstanding.

James Tedesco played in all 3 matches and scored 2 tries in the tournament.

James Tedesco made his debut for the Sydney Roosters in a Round 1 loss to his former club of the Wests Tigers, starting at fullback, and was subjected to boos from the Tigers supporters every time he touched the ball.

On 10 September, James Tedesco was awarded the Brad Fittler medal as being NSW's best player in the 2018 State of Origin series.

James Tedesco was part of The Roosters side which won their fourth minor premiership in six years.

James Tedesco played in all 3 games of New South Wales' successful origin campaign in 2019, ultimately winning the Wally Lewis Medal for best player in the series.

James Tedesco scored two tries in the deciding game at ANZ Stadium, the 2nd one winning NSW the game in the 79th minute.

On 2 October, James Tedesco won the 2019 Dally M Medal as the NRL's best player with 34 votes.

James Tedesco was awarded the Jack Gibson Medal for the third year running, the first time this has been accomplished by any player,.

James Tedesco was selected by New South Wales for the 2020 State of Origin series.

James Tedesco played in all three matches and was captain for game 2 and 3, as Boyd Cordner was injured.

On 7 December, James Tedesco signed a three-year contract extension to stay at the Sydney Roosters until the end of the 2024.

James Tedesco ran for 224 metres and had four try assists, four line-break assists and seven tackle breaks to lead his team to their 12th win of the season.

On 27 September 2021, James Tedesco won the Dally M Captain of the Year.

James Tedesco played a total of 22 games for the Sydney Roosters in the 2021 NRL season including the club's two finals matches.

On 29 May, James Tedesco was selected by New South Wales to play in game one of the 2022 State of Origin series.

James Tedesco played a total of 24 games for the Sydney Roosters in 2022 scoring 13 tries.

On 22 May, James Tedesco was named as the captain of New South Wales ahead of game one in the 2023 State of Origin series.

James Tedesco was taken from the field in the second half after suffering a concussion.

James Tedesco played 21 matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 7th on the table and qualified for the finals.

James Tedesco played in both of the club's finals games as they were eliminated in the second week against Melbourne.

In round 5 of the 2024 NRL season James Tedesco would be taken from the field after suffering his 10th career concussion.

On 26 May, it was announced that James Tedesco had not been picked by New South Wales ahead of the 2024 State of Origin series.

James Tedesco had previously been continually picked since 2016 by the blues and had played 22 State of Origin games in succession.

James Tedesco played 25 matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2024 NRL season scoring 17 tries.

James Tedesco played in all three finals games for the club including their preliminary final loss against Melbourne.

James Tedesco completed his PE Teacher degree at the Strathfield campus of Australian Catholic University in 2016.

On 25 October 2021, James Tedesco was placed under investigation by the NRL after an alleged racist incident with a 20-year-old woman of Vietnamese descent at the Beach Road Hotel in Bondi.

The Sydney Roosters and James Tedesco initially claimed that nothing inappropriate had occurred and that a misunderstanding had occurred, and no internal sanction was imposed.

In March 2022, James Tedesco addressed the media and stated that he had apologised for his behaviour to the female in question.