Jeremy Latimore

Jeremy Latimore
Personal information
Born (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Parramatta Eels 7 0 0 0 0
2010–11 New Zealand Warriors 24 2 0 0 8
2012 St. George Illawarra 14 0 0 0 0
2013–16 Penrith Panthers 75 3 0 0 12
2017 Cronulla-Sutherland 19 0 0 0 0
2018– St. George Illawarra 25 1 0 0 4
Total 164 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1]

Jeremy Latimore (born 8 December 1986) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St. George-Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League.

Background

Latimore was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior football for the Port Macquarie Sharks before being signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Playing career

He played for the Sharks' Premier League team in 2006,[2] before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. In round 11 of the 2009 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Eels against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. After playing 7 games for the Eels that year, he signed with the New Zealand Warriors.

Latimore played in 24 games for the Warriors in 2010 and 2011, scoring 2 tries before signing a one year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons for 2012.[3]

Latimore joined the Dragons in the off-season and started the year off as a starting player in the Dragons line-up for round 1 against the Newcastle Knights.

On 2 August 2012, Latimore signed a 2-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2013.[4]

On 15 May 2015, it was announced that Latimore would be extending his stay with the Panthers for a further two seasons until the end of 2017.[5] On 26 September 2015, he played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.[6]

He signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks for the 2017 season.[7]

On 20th September, he re-joins the Dragons on a one year deal in 2018.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremy Latimore - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jeremy Latimore". The World of Rugby League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "Dragons sign Matthews, Latimore". NRL.com. Telstra Corporation. Australian Associated Press. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Toohey, Barry (2 August 2012). "Penrith Panthers sign Jeremy Latimore from St George Illawarra Dragons on two-year deal". Daily Telegraph. News Corp. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Panthers re-sign duo". NRL.com. National Rugby League. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. National Rugby League. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sharks sign Williams, Latimore". NRL.com. National Rugby League. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dragons want more experience in NRL pack". SBS News. Australian Associated Press. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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