Tyrone Munro
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| Full name | Tyrone Munro | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 2004 Moree, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyrone Munro or also known as Ty Ty (born 26 December 2004) is an Australian professional Rugby league player who plays as a winger for NRL club South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Early life and family
Munro was born in
Playing career
Early career
While playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Harold Matthews Cup, Munro won the Player of the Year award in 2021 and was also a proficient player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Jersey Flegg Cup. At the NSW Cup level, Munro achieved two try assists, four line-breaks, 156 average run metres and 10 tackle breaks in his only 3 games.[2] On 28 June 2023, Munro signed a three-year contact extension with the Rabbitohs until the end of the 2025 NRL season.[3]
NRL career
Munro has made three appearances in the 2023 NRL season for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and has scored three tries in his three games.
Munro made his NRL debut against the New Zealand Warriors in round 18 of the 2023 NRL season. At Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand he was in the starting lineup for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, scoring two tries and making two errors.
In his second game against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Stadium Australia in round 19 of the 2023 NRL season on 8 July, Munro was selected in the South Sydney starting lineup. In this game, he scored tries in the 18th and 76th minute; ran a line-break in the 18th, 73rd and the 77th minute, and made an errors in the 32nd minute. The result for this game was the Bulldogs winning, 32-36.[4]
In Munro's third and last game for South Sydney in the 2023 NRL season, he played against the
Munro was selected in fourth game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons, but he was selected as the 18th man and he didn't get a chance to play.
His first match for the
Playing career outside NRL
On 24 September 2023, Munro played for South Sydney Rabbitohs in their 2023 NSW Cup grand final victory over the North Sydney Bears. Munro scored the winning try for Souths with less than five minutes remaining.[7]
On 1 October 2023, in the NRL State Championship, the Rabbitohs were versing the Brisbane Tigers at Stadium Australia, Sydney. The final result was the Bunnies winning 42-22[8]. In this match, Tyrone Munro scored a hatrick[9], by scoring tries in the 10th, 37th and the 55th minutes. Because of this, he won the player of the match.
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Nicolussi, Christian (29 June 2023). "'It has been a meteoric rise': Meet the Souths debutant tipped for top". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs – Article". Site Name, i.e. Moz. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Rabbitohs v Bulldogs". National Rugby League. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Rabbitohs v Sharks". National Rugby League. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "NRL injury list 2024: Every club's casualty ward | Sporting News Australia". www.sportingnews.com. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Taaffe's statement as Souths end 40-year drought; veteran's captain's knock: Reserves Wrap". www.foxsports.com.au. 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Rabbitohs v Tigers". National Rugby League. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Mathieson, Andrew (2 October 2023). "Munro delivers for South Sydney in NRL state championship final". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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