Jesse Mogg
Jesse Mogg (born 8 June 1989) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the French Top 14 club Montpellier. His usual position is at full-back, though he can also play as a winger.[1] Mogg previously played four seasons with the Brumbies in Super Rugby. He was capped for the Australian national team in 2013.
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| Birth name | Jesse Mogg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 June 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family and early life
Mogg was born in Brisbane and attended St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe (the same school as notable Wallaby Drew Mitchell). In 2006 he represented the Australia A Schools rugby union side.[2] He played colts rugby at the University of Queensland club. Mogg is distantly related to the former professional rugby league footballer, Adam Mogg[3]
Rugby career
Mogg joined the North Brisbane Rugby Club in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition for two years, and was selected to play for Queensland A in 2008. He then switched codes to rugby league where he played in the Toyota Cup competition as a member of the Brisbane Broncos development squad in 2009.[2]
He joined the Brumbies rugby academy in 2011. Mogg made his professional rugby union debut for the Brumbies in the first round of the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Western Force in Canberra, scoring a try in a 19-17 victory.[4] Mogg, a former high school track star, recorded a maximum speed of 10.06 metres per second during 2013 pre-season sprint testing with the Brumbies, making him one of the fastest players of any football code within Australia.[5]
He signed with French Top 14 club Montpellier for the 2015-16 season.[6]
Super Rugby statistics
- As of 28 June 2015[7]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Brumbies | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1189 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Brumbies | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1209 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Brumbies | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1242 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Brumbies | 10 | 9 | 1 | 699 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 60 | 58 | 2 | 4339 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 145 | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
- 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup : winner (Montpellier).[8]
Reference list
- "Wallabies teammates to start". Rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- Harris, Bret (3 April 2012). "Jesse Mogg reminds Steve Larkham of Joe Roff". The Australian. News.
- Jesse Mogg reminds Steve Larkham of Joe Roff. The Australian.
- Brumbies beat the Force
- Koch, Dan (20 April 2013). "Jesse Mogg ready for Suncorp welcoming committee". The Australian. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017.
- "Les recrues de 2015/2016" (Press release) (in French). Montpellier. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- "Jesse Mogg". It's Rugby.
- "European Challenge Cup final: Harlequins 19-26 Montpellier". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.