Name Josh Jackson Career start 2012 Weight 93 kg | Height 1.79 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Awards Dally M Award Best Second Row | ||
Josh jackson nsw 2016 highlights
Josh Jackson (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for and is vice-captain of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row. He has represented Country Origin, New South Wales and Australia at the representative level.
Contents
- Josh jackson nsw 2016 highlights
- Boomerang effect josh jackson
- Background
- Professional playing career
- References
Boomerang effect josh jackson
Background
Born in Gulgong, New South Wales, Jackson played his junior football for the Gulgong Bull Terriers and Mudgee Dragons. In 2007 his family moved to Newcastle, New South Wales. 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, 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. 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.
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 . He was the first player in a losing side to be awarded man of the match in over a decade.