Josh Jackson (rugby league)

Josh Jackson
Personal information
Born (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991
Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012– Canterbury Bulldogs 152 19 0 0 76
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–15 NSW Country 3 0 0 0 0
2014 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
2015–17 New South Wales 9 0 0 0 0
As of 3 October 2017
Source: [1]

Josh Jackson (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who is the captain of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays as a second-row. He has played for Country Origin, New South Wales and Australia at the representative level.

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.

Jackson has developed a reputation as an uncompromising, rugged and hard-working second rower. He is a strong defender and competent attacking player on the Bulldogs' right edge. He has reasonable ball skills that have enabled him to play five-eighth on occasion.

In 2013, Jackson was selected for the Country team to play the City in the annual City vs Country Origin 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]

In 2016, Josh Jackson received the Brad Fittler Medal as New South Wales' best player in that year's Origin series.

In 2017, Jackson was controversially awarded Man of the Match for his performance in State of Origin II in Sydney despite playing just 49 out of 80 minutes and having a limited role in attack [7]. He was the first player in a losing side to be awarded man of the match in over a decade. In 2018, Jackson was left out of The NSW state of origin squad despite winning the award as NSW's best player in The 2017 series [8].

References

  1. ↑ Josh Jackson rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ "State of Origin 2016: Josh Jackson's future could be decided". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "J". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. ↑ 25 Jun 2012, 12:45 a.m. (2012-06-25). "Former Gulgong boy makes NRL debut". Mudgee Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ↑ https://matchcentre.nrl.com/match/2017/116/20171160120/#player-stats
  8. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/teams/new-south-wales/nsw-blues-winners-and-losers-the-toughest-omission-from-brad-fittlers-side/news-story/608bbaf35dedc5ca5828f54b1651f42a
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