Tee Ritson Explained

Tee Ritson
Fullname:Theerapol Ritson
Birth Date:7 January 1996
Club1:Workington Town
Year1start:2014
Year1end:17
Appearances1:39
Tries1:12
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:49
Year2start:2018
Appearances2:22
Tries2:18
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:72
Club3:Barrow Raiders
Year3start:2019
Year3end:23
Appearances3:71
Tries3:70
Goals3:3
Fieldgoals3:0
Points3:286
Year4start:2023
Appearances4:12
Tries4:2
Goals4:0
Fieldgoals4:0
Points4:8
Club5:St Helens
Year5start:2024
Year5end:present
Appearances5:13
Tries5:4
Goals5:0
Fieldgoals5:0
Points5:0
Year6start:2024
Appearances6:1
Tries6:2
Goals6:0
Fieldgoals6:0
Points6:8
Teama:Cumbria
Yearastart:2022
Appearancesa:1
Triesa:1
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:4
Retired:no
Updated:21 April 2024

Theerapol Ritson (born 7 January 1996) is a Thai professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for St Helens in the Betfred Super League having previously played Workington Town, Newcastle Thunder and Barrow Raiders. Ritson has also appeared for Swinton Lions in the RFL Championship as Swinton and St Helens have a dual-registration agreement.

Background

Ritson was born in Thailand, but was raised in Maryport, Cumbria, England.

Playing career

Workington Town

His playing career started at Workington Town where he made 39 appearances between 2014 and 2017 scoring 12 tries.[1]

In 2016 he was the club's player of the year and was selected for the national team.[2] [3] An international debut was missed as the game against was cancelled due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[4]

Newcastle Thunder (loan)

At the start of the 2018 season Ritson moved to Newcastle Thunder on loan where he made 22 appearances scoring 18 tries.[1]

Barrow Raiders

2019 saw a move to his home town club, Barrow Raiders, where he became a prolific try scorer over the next four seasons, scoring 70 tries in just 73 appearances.[1] In 2022 he scored 33 tries in 31 games becoming the Championship leading try scorer for the season.[5]

Cumbria

At the end of the 2022 season Ritson made his representative debut as he was selected to play for Cumbria in a World Cup warm-up match against . Cumbria won 28–2 with Ritson scoring one of the Cumbrian's tries.[6]

St Helens

In November 2022, Super League side, St Helens, signed Ritson on a one-year loan deal.[7] Ritson's debut for St Helens was in the warm-up match for the 2023 World Club Challenge against St. George Illawarra Dragons where he also scored his first try for St Helens in a 30–12 victory.[8] His Super League debut came in St Helens 2023 opening fixture against Castleford Tigers where he scored his first Super League try in St Helens 24–6 win.[9] On 18 October 2023 it was reported that he had made his initial loan deal switch to St Helens permanent signing a two-year deal.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: St Helens swoop for sought-after Championship star Tee Ritson . 28 July 2023 . LoveRugbyLeague . 8 November 2022 . en.
  2. News: Young Tee's the talk of the Town . 28 July 2023 . Whitehaven News . 26 September 2016.
  3. News: Workington Town winger Theerapol Ritson earns first international call-up for Thailand . 28 July 2023 . News and Star . 5 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Malta tour of Thailand cancelled . Asia Pacific Rugby League . 28 July 2023 . 17 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012609/https://staging.asiapacificrl.com/2016/10/17/malta-tour-thailand-cancelled/ . 30 June 2022.
  5. News: Walker . Callum . Barrow Raiders star Tee Ritson makes Super League move . 28 July 2023 . TotalRL.com . 8 November 2022.
  6. News: Jamaica suffered defeat in Cumbria in World Cup warm-up . 28 July 2023 . LoveRugbyLeague . 8 October 2022.
  7. News: Pattison . Cam . Tee Ritson reveals why he chose St Helens and the St Helens legend he looked up to . 28 July 2023 . Rugby League News . 8 November 2022.
  8. News: Walker . Callum . St Helens overcome St George Illawarra Dragons in entertaining prelude to World Club Challenge . 28 July 2023 . TotalRL.com . 11 February 2023.
  9. News: Flying wing Tee Ritson is grabbing his Saints chance with both hands . 28 July 2023 . St Helens Star . 1 June 2023.
  10. Web site: BBC Sport. 18 Oct 2023. Tee Ritson: St Helens turn winger's loan switch from Barrow into permanent two-year deal.