Jake Foster
 Foster in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Jake Donald Foster 5 October 1988 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 30 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jake Donald Foster (born 5 October 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Eastern Suburbs Tigers in the Queensland Cup, as a second-row.[2]
Playing career
[edit]A Guildford Owls junior, Foster debuted in the NRL in 2010 for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and played ten matches for the club before joining the Canberra Raiders for the 2013 NRL season.[3]
Foster made his representative debut for the Indigenous All Stars side in the 2013 All Stars match on 9 February.[4]
On 21 September 2014, Foster was named captain and at second-row in the 2014 NSW Cup Team of the Year.[5]
On 6 November 2014, Foster signed with Queensland Cup team Eastern Suburbs Tigers full time for the 2015 season. Foster played a total of 96 games for Easts between 2015 and 2019.[6][7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Foster is a John Farnham fan. From the age of 8, he attended most concerts, continuing until Farnham's final performance at the benefit concert Fire Fight Australia in 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jake Foster – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Profile at Bulldogs[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jake Foster Player Profile at Canberra Raiders". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Jake Foster Player Profile at Canberra Raiders". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "2014 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year – NSWRL". Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Romelo heads new Easts signings | NRL | Zero Tackle". Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Player Profile". qrl.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Foster leads Tigers pack". www.qrl.com.au.