Jack De Belin

Jack de Belin
Personal information
Born (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991
Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Prop, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011– St. George Illawarra 153 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Country NSW 2 1 0 0 4
2018 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1]

Jack de Belin (born 17 March 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. He plays as a lock.[2]

Early career

de Belin played part of his junior football career with St Gregory's College, Campbelltown and the Cootamundra Bulldogs in Group 9. He was then signed by St George Illawarra and competed in the 2011 National Youth Competition where he made it into the team of the year squad.[3]

First grade career

De Belin made his first grade debut for St George Illawarra on 27 June 2011 against Manly and played three first grade matches that year.[4] In 2014, De Belin signed a year extension deal with St George Illawarra which would see him play with the club until the end of 2017. He went on to make 21 appearances for St George Illawarra in the 2014 season.[5]

In 2015, De Belin was in the St George Illawarra side which made the finals but were eliminated by Canterbury-Bankstown in the first week. He made twenty two appearances for the season and was a regular in the lineup.[6] 2016 saw de Belin make his representative debut when chosen to represent New South Wales Country in the annual City vs Country game.[7] That year he again featured regularly in the Dragons' first grade line-up and made twenty-one appearances for the season.

In 2017, De Belin was again chosen to represent New South Wales Country in what would be the final City vs Country match.[8] In May 2017, De Belin was named in an extended New South Wales side to take on Queensland in Game 1 of the 2017 State of Origin series.[9] Also in 2017, De Belin signed another three-year extension deal to stay at St George Illawarra until 2020.[10]

2018 was a stellar season for De Belin. He was selected to play for New South Wales in the 2018 State of Origin series, played in all games of the series and was a key part of the Blues' 2-1 series victory.[11]

Sporting pedigree

de Belin's grandfather Fred de Belin had a Sydney first grade career with the Balmain Tigers that was interrupted by four years of WWII active service in Europe with the RAAF as bomber. He toured with the Kangaroos of 1948-49 and played eight Tests for Australia from 1948–50.[12]

Jack's uncle Alan de Belin was a state and national representative lightweight rower from the Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney. In 1977 in the Australian lightweight eight he won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Jack De Belin - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Official NRL profile of Jack de Belin". St George Illawarra Dragons. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Proszenko, Adrian (19 July 2014). "Alex McKinnon's faith in schoolmate Jack De Belin now being repaid". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Custom Match List - Jack de Belin". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  5. ↑ "Dragons re-sign bold de Belin". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Brock, Dominic (14 September 2015). "Dragons 2015 season review". National Rugby League. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Otto, Tyson (2 May 2016). "City-Country teams announced for representative round 2016". News.com.au. News Corp. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jack De Belin". New South Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "NSW announce State of Origin I side". News.com.au. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Walsh, Dan (14 March 2017). "NRL 2017: St George Illawarra Dragons re-sign Jack Delin until end of 2020". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Walter, Brad (10 July 2018). "The role of Alex McKinnon in Jack de Belin's State of Origin rise". National Rugby League. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Bennett's Midas touch on show again". NRL.com. NRL. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "1977 Amsterdam World Championships - Amsterdam Netherlands". History of Australian Rowing. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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