George Jennings (rugby league)

George Jennings
Personal information
Born (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–16 Penrith Panthers 5 2 0 0 8
2018– Parramatta Eels 20 8 0 0 32
Total 25 10 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Tonga 1 0 0 0 0
As of 19 May 2018
Source: [1]

George Jennings (born 9 June 1993) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He plays as a centre and wing. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers.

Background

Jennings was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan, Fijian and English descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Western City Tigers, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Jennings is the younger brother of Eels teammate Michael Jennings and older brother of South Sydney Rabbitohs player Robert Jennings.[2]

Playing career

In October 2011, Jennings played for the Australian Schoolboys.[3]

In 2012 and 2013, Jennings played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[4][5]

On 20 April 2013, Jennings played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team.[6]

On 6 October 2013, Jennings played in the Panthers' 42-30 win over the New Zealand Warriors in the 2013 NYC Grand Final.[7]

In 2014, Jennings moved to the Panthers' New South Wales Cup team.

In February 2014, Jennings played in the Panthers' inaugural NRL Auckland Nines squad.[8] He suffered a season ending elbow injury in the tournament.[9]

On 30 April 2014, Jennings re-signed with the Panthers on a 2-year contract.[10]

In Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season, Jennings made his NRL debut for the Panthers against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[11] He scored a try on debut.

In September 2016, Jennings signed a 1-year contract with the Parramatta Eels starting in 2017, after not receiving any game time in the 2016 NRL season.[12]

On 2 April 2018, Jennings made his debut for Parramatta in their 30-20 defeat to the hands of The Wests Tigers[13]. On 28 August 2018, Jennings won the Jack Gibson NRL Coaches Award after being voted the club's best back.[14]

References

  1. ↑ RLP
  2. ↑ "NRL 2015 season: Penrith Panthers young gun George Jennings on growing up in Michael's shadow". Foxxsports.com.au\accessdate=2015-03-11.
  3. ↑ "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Gallant Sea Eagles go down to Panthers in NYC". NRL.com. 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  5. ↑ "Panthers NYC team to take on the Roosters in Saturday's qualifying final - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  6. ↑ "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  7. ↑ Michael Carayannis. "Penrith Panthers defeat NZ Warriors in Holden Cup". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  8. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Jennings brothers follow Michael's footsteps". NRL.com. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Jennings to stay for 2015 & 2016 | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  11. ↑ "Final NRL Team List - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  12. ↑ ParraEels.com.au (2015-03-08). "Eels sign George Jennings for 2017". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  13. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/11/parramatta-eels-winger-george-jennings-says-broken-leg-was-never-the-same/
  14. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/28/daniel-alvaro-wins-eels-player-of-the-year/
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