Jim Serdaris

Jim Serdaris

Personal information
Born	(1971-10-01) 1 October 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1989–92 South Sydney 69 11 0 0 44 1993 Canterbury Bulldogs 22 3 0 0 12 1994–95 Western Suburbs 37 11 0 1 45 1996–99 Manly Sea Eagles 80 8 0 0 32 2002 Pia XIII 0 0 0 0 0 Total 208 33 0 1 133 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995 New South Wales 3 1 0 0 0 1994–95 Australia 1 0 0 0 0 1995 City Origin 1 0 0 0 0
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Jim Serdaris (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian former professional rugby league. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He also represented New South Wales and played one game for the Australian national side. He primarily played at hooker.

Career

Serdaris won the Dally M Rookie of the Year in 1989. At the end of the 1994 NSWRL season, he went on the 1994 Kangaroo tour, the last Western Suburbs player to ever tour with the Kangaroos. He was selected to represent New South Wales as a hooker for all three games of the 1995 State of Origin series and played his only Test for Australia in the subsequent series against New Zealand. Serdaris was a member of the 1996 Grand Final winning Manly-Warringah team which defeated St. George Dragons, 20–8. Although his Australian first-grade career came to an end in 1999, Serdaris returned to rugby league in 2002, joining French club Pia XIII.

Sources

• Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.