Jake Trbojevic

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Jake Trbojevic
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Trbojevic playing for the Sea Eagles in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30)
Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Manly Warringah 34 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 21 May 2016
Source: [1]

Jake Trbojevic (born 18 February 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop, but can also play at lock.

Background

Born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Trbojevic is of Serbian descent[2] and played his junior rugby league for the Mona Vale Raiders, before being signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Trbojevic is the older brother of fellow Manly Warringah Sea Eagles player Tom Trbojevic.[3] Trbojevic has played for the New South Wales U16's and U18's teams.[4][5] In October 2011, Trbojevic played for the Australian Schoolboys.[6] On 7 March 2012, Trbojevic re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 2-year contract.[7] Trbojevic played for the Sea Eagles NYC team in 2013.[8] On 20 April 2013, Trbojevic was named in the New South Wales Under 20's team against the Queensland Under 20's team, Trbojevic played off the interchange bench in the 36-12 victory at Penrith Stadium.[9][9] On 27 August 2013, Trbojevic was named at prop in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.[10] On 13 October 2013, Trbojevic played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis off the interchange bench in the Kangaroos 38-26 win at Jubilee Oval.[11]

File:Jake with his good mates at residence in Mona Vale 2014-01-30 17-35.jpg
Trbojevic (middle) with friends at a residence in Mona Vale.

Playing career

2013

In Round 26 of the 2013 NRL season, Trbojevic made his NRL debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles against the Penrith Panthers off the interchange bench in the Sea Eagles 38-26 loss at Brookvale Oval.[12] Trbojevic only played 1 match for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2013 NRL season.

2014

Trbojevic played no matches for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2014 NRL season after suffering a broken leg and dislocated ankle in a New South Wales Cup match.[3]

2015

In Round 2 of the 2015 NRL season, Trbojevic played his first grade match for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles since Round 26 in the 2013 NRL season, playing against the Melbourne Storm off the interchange in the Sea Eagles 24-22 win at Brookvale Oval.[13] On 28 April 2015, Trbojevic re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 2-year contract.[14] In Round 20 against the New Zealand Warriors, Trbojevic scored his first NRL career try in the Sea Eagles 32-12 win at Mt Smart Stadium.[15] On 8 September, Trbojevic's form for Manly, which finished the season in 9th place with an 11-13 record (missing the finals for the first time since 2004) saw him win the clubs "Roy Bull Best & Fairest" award for the year. He played 23 games for Manly in 2015, scoring 3 tries, making 601 tackles, 2,559 metres and 247 hit ups.[16] On 26 September, Trbojevic earned his first senior representative jumper when he played at prop for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea in the 40-12 win in Port Moresby.[17][18][19]

2016

On 1 February, Trbojevic was named as captain of the Sea Eagles' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[20]

References

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External links

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