Hame Sele

Hame Sele (born 12 November 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a  and  forward.

He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and played for NSW City in 2017.

Background
Sele was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Kingsgrove Colts, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Playing career

Early career
From 2014 to 2016, Sele played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team. Late in 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys. In July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team. In May 2016, he re-signed with the Dragons on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.

2017
In 2017, Sele graduated to the Dragons' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team, Illawarra Cutters. In round 6 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. In May, he was selected in the New South Wales City team, named at lock, he would play in the final ever City vs Country Origin clash on 7 May.

2018
Sele only managed to play 3 NRL games for the season, all of them coming from the interchange bench. At the end of the 2018 season, he was released from the Dragons.

2019
Sele signed with the Penrith Panthers for the start of the 2019 NRL season. He made his debut for Penrith in Round 1 against Parramatta which ended in a 20-12 defeat at Panthers Stadium.

On 16 September, it was announced that Sele was one of ten players that were to be released by the Penrith club at the end of the season.

References

External links

Penrith Panthers profile
St. George Illawarra Dragons profile

Category:1996 births
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Australian people of Tongan descent
Category:New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
Category:St. George Illawarra Dragons players
Category:Illawarra Cutters players
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Category:Living people
Category:Penrith Panthers players