Jeff Robson

Jeff Robson
Personal information
Born (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982
Leeton, New South Wales, Australia
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Halfback, Five-eighth, Hooker

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–08 Manly Sea Eagles 6 0 0 0 0
2009–11 Parramatta Eels 61 9 0 0 36
2012–15 Cronulla Sharks 92 18 0 1 73
2016 New Zealand Warriors 7 1 0 0 4
2016–17 Parramatta Eels 11 2 0 0 8
Total 177 30 0 1 121
Source: [2]

Jeff Robson (born 5 August 1982 in Leeton, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Parramatta Eels. He played primarily at halfback.

Playing career

Robson made his NRL debut for the Manly Sea Eagles in 2004 against Cronulla Sharks. After only making 6 appearances in 4 years with Manly, Robson signed for Parramatta Eels at the start of 2009.[3]. Robson was playing reserve grade for The Wentworthville Magpies in 2009 when he was called up by coach Daniel Anderson to replace Brett Finch in the halves midway through the season. At the time Parramatta were 13th on the ladder, but staged an incredible run of form which took them all the way to The 2009 NRL grand final against Melbourne. Parramatta lost the match 23-16, when asked about what he remembers from that season Robson said "That year the team played with a lot of confidence, we were turning up to training and playing well and going really confident into the games, we'd somehow find a way to win"[4][5].

In 2012 Robson joined the Cronulla Sharks on a two-year deal. On 7 June 2013, Robson re-signed with the Cronulla Sharks for another two seasons.[3] In 2014, whilst captain Paul Gallen and vice captain Wade Graham were suspended, Robson was the Cronulla Sharks captain. Robson played in 92 games over 4 years for the Sharks.

Robson joined the New Zealand Warriors for the 2016 season.[6] He was released in June 2016 on compassionate grounds after playing in seven games for the club.[7] In July 2016, Robson rejoined the Parramatta Eels, as a replacement for Kieran Foran.[8]. At the end of the 2017 NRL season, Robson announced his retirement from rugby league[9].

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=5281&player=jeff-robson&team=Sharks
  2. ↑ Jeff Robson rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. 1 2 "Jeff Robson". NZWarriors.com. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/eels/jeff-robson-ready-to-repeat-the-recipe-of-the-2009-eels-for-unlikely-finals-charge/news-story/3dddb00cf96aa5b3d01defed175fc63d
  5. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/parramatta-turn-to-jeff-robson-at-halfback/news-story/909a23d1147b22652a0c8bbcef9b632f?sv=c6681d1e17aa4da04449e7340b3d6229
  6. ↑ "Veteran Robson signed for 2016". warriors.kiwi. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "NRL: Warriors recall Tui Lolohea, drop Jonathan Wright". 28 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016 – via New Zealand Herald.
  8. ↑ "Parramatta Eels sign halfback Jeff Robson as Kieran Foran replacement - Fox Sports". www.foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Eels pay tribute to retiring De Gois and Robson". nrl.com. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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