Josh Jackson (rugby league)
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| Jackson playing for the Bulldogs in 2012 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 8 January 1991 Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2012– | Canterbury Bulldogs | 110 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–15 | NSW Country | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | New South Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 29 July 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Josh Jackson (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row.
Background
Born in Gulgong, New South Wales,[2] Jackson played his junior football for the Gulgong Bull Terriers and Mudgee Dragons. In 2007 his family moved to Newcastle, New South Wales.[3] In Newcastle, Jackson played for the Valentine-Eleebana Red Devils and Lakes United Seagulls. In 2009, he was signed by the Newcastle Knights. He played for the Knights' S. G. Ball Cup team.
Professional playing career
In 2010, Jackson moved to Sydney after being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. He played for the Bulldogs' NYC team in 2010 and 2011, playing over 50 games,[4] before graduating to the Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup reserve-grade team in 2012.
In Round 16 of the 2012 NRL season, Jackson made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against the Melbourne Storm.[5] Later that year, he'd run on in the NRL Grand Final for the Bulldogs as they finished runners-up to the Storm.
In 2013, Jackson was selected for the Country team to play the City in the annual City vs Country match.
A season later, he was selected for the Australian Kangaroos for the Four Nations tournament. He made his Test debut in Australia's 44-18 win over Samoa, and was later selected in the final against New Zealand, which Australia lost 22-18.
On 3 May 2015, Jackson played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City in the 2015 City vs Country Origin.[6]
References
- ↑ Josh Jackson rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ "State of Origin 2016: Josh Jackson's future could be decided". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ Rugby League (2014-09-12). "How hard work has turned Canterbury Bulldogs forward Josh Jackson into an integral part of NSW's Origin future". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "J". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ 25 Jun 2012, 12:45 a.m. (2012-06-25). "Former Gulgong boy makes NRL debut". Mudgee Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.