| Name | Bayley Sironen |
| Born | 23 December 1996 (Sydney, New South Wales) |
| Height | 186cm |
| Weight | 95kg |
| Position | Second Row, Centre, Five Eighth |
| Warriors Player Number | #254 |
| Warriors Debut | Round 1 vs. Gold Coast Titans, 13 March 2021 |
| Warriors Career | 2021- |
| Representative | - |
| Junior Club | Holy Cross Rhinos |
| Previous Club | Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| NRL Debut | Round 25 vs. North Queensland Cowboys, 25 August 2017 (Wests Tigers) |
Bayley Sironen (born 23 December 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row and lock for Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League.
He previously played for the Wests Tigers,South Sydney Rabbitohs and New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.
Sironen was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of St Helens player Curtis Sironen, and son of Australian international Paul Sironen.
Sironen played his junior rugby league for the Holy Cross Rhinos, before being signed by the Wests Tigers.
In July 2014, Sironen was named in the Australian Schoolboys rugby league squad. In 2015 and 2016, he played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team. In July 2016, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.
In 2017, Sironen graduated to the Tigers' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.[6] In round 25 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the North Queensland Cowboys. He was contracted to the Tigers until the end of 2018.
In 2018, Sironen was selected to play for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents side. On September 5, Sironen signed a one year deal to join South Sydney for the 2019 season after failing to secure a first grade spot with Wests.
Sironen made his debut for an Origin depleted South Sydney side (first grade player #1151) in round 12 of the 2019 NRL season against Parramatta which ended in a 14-26 defeat at the new Western Sydney Stadium.
In round 7 of the 2020 NRL season, Sironen scored his first try in the top grade as South Sydney were defeated by Penrith 20-12 at Bankwest Stadium.
Sironen played 19 games throughout the season including South Sydney's preliminary final defeat against Penrith.
On 20 November, he signed a three-year contract with New Zealand.
In round 1 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored a try on debut for New Zealand in a 19-6 victory over the Gold Coast. Sironen played 19 games for New Zealand in the 2021 NRL season where the club finished 12th on the table and missed the finals.
Sironen made a total of 13 appearances for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2022 NRL season as they finished 15th on the table.
On 5 October 2023 it was reported that he had signed with the Catalans Dragons ahead of the 2024 season on a two-year deal.
Bayley Sironen - Wikipedia
The 23-year-old Bayley is the son of the legendary Paul Sironen and younger brother of Manly Warringah’s Curtis Sironen. His signing made him the seventh addition to the One New Zealand Warriors' 2021 NRL roster.
After five games in his first two NRL seasons, he established himself as a frontline player for the Rabbitohs in 2020 appearing in 19 games to lift his career tally to 24.
Sironen showed his versatility for South Sydney last season when he filled in at standoff and centre as well as the back row. His addition has heightened competition for positions in the Vodafone Warriors' pack.
The 186cm, 101kg Sironen made his NRL debut with the Wests Tigers in 2017 but played just one more NRL match for the club before linking with South Sydney in 2019.
His signing was preceded by Ben Murdoch-Masila (Warrington), Kane Evans (Parramatta), Euan Aitken (St George Illawarra), Addin Fonua-Blake (Manly Warringah), Sean O’Sullivan (Brisbane) and Marcelo Montoya (Canterbury Bankstown).
Made a try-scoring club debut as Vodafone Warrior #253 in the 19-6 win over Gold Coast and was a try scorer again in the 34-31 third-round victory over Canberra.
Bayley Sironen
The NRL profile of Bayley Sironen including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.
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Bayley Sironen - Playing Career - RLP
A summary of the career stats for Bayley Sironen, a rugby league player who played for the Wests Tigers, the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Warriors.
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