Jason Clark (rugby league)

Jason Clark
Personal information
Born (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row, Prop, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009– South Sydney 118 8 0 0 32
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0
As of 30 March 2016
Source: Rugby League Project,[1]

Jason Clark is a an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a lock and second-rower.

Early career

Clark played his junior football for the Coogee Randwick Wombats, representing New South Wales at Under 17s level.[2] Prior to his NRL debut, he was Souths' Toyota Cup captain, scoring 20 tries in 47 NYC games for the Rabbitohs.[3]

Senior career

2008

Clark played for South Sydney's NYC team as captain. He won the first Rabbitohs NYC Players Player award.

2009

In round 25 of the 2009 NRL season, Clark made his first grade debut for Souths in a 41-6 win over St. George Illawarra Dragons where he was a replacement, coming off the bench at hooker.

2010

Clark played in 20 matches for the Rabbitohs in the 2010 NRL season playing three games at lock, one game in the second row and the rest of the bench

2011

In Round 18 Clark scored his 1st NRL try in Souths 36-22 loss against Manly. Clark played in 15 matches for the Rabbitohs in the 2011 NRL season.

2012

In 2012, Clark went to play a total of 23 out of 25 matches for Souths picking up one try. This was Clark's first year of making it into the finals however, Souths were knocked out of the finals in the first round by Melbourne Storm

2013

On 9 February 2013, Clark captained the Rabbitohs in the 2013 Return to Redfern clash against Papua New Guinea.[4] His team won 38-12 with Clark scoring a double. On 22 September 2013, Clark was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[5] Clark only played 11 games for Souths in 2013 NRL season being rounds 7-12, 23, 24 and 26 - Preliminary Finals. Souths were lost their chance to win their 21st premiership in 2011 when they were beaten by Manly.

2014

Clark missed the first four weeks of the 2014 NRL season with an ankle injury.[6] He scored a try on his return in round five where Souths beat the Dragons 26-6, he then played all games excluding one in the lead up to souths 21st Premiership. On 5 October 2014, in the Rabbitohs 2014 NRL Grand Final match against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Clark played off the bench in the Rabbitohs 30-6 victory.[7][8]

2015

Clark was named to play in South Sydney's 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad in jersey 11.[9] Clark played all games and scored Souths first try of the tournament against the Panthers where he was awarded a 5 point try for scoring right under the posts.[10] Clark played in the 2015 World Club Challenge where Souths beat St Helens 39-0. He was originally named to start at lock however Ben Lowe started at lock and Clark moved onto the bench. On 3 May 2015, Clark played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country in the 2015 City vs Country Origin.[11] On 22 May 2015, Clark played his 100th NRL first-grade game for the Rabbitohs against the Parramatta Eels. On 12 June 2015, Clark played his 150th grade game for the Rabbitohs. This includes all of his NYC games and first grade games.[12] Clark went to play 18 games for souths scoring two tries. Clark was awarded the Burrow Appreciation Award for 2015 at South Sydney's annual Red and Green Ball, an award awarded to a South Sydney player every year nominated by 'the burrow' a Rabbitohs supporter group.[13]

Personal life

Clark is an Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador for the Australian Government and an Apprentice Mentor in the NRL's Trade UP With The NRL Program.[14]

Clark has two daughters Milla and Andi.[15]

Statistics

NRL

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season [16]
† Denotes seasons in which Clark won an NRL Premiership
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts W L D W-L %
2009 South Sydney 1 0 0 — 0 0 1 0 0 100
2010 South Sydney 20 0 0 — 0 0 10 10 0 50.0
2011 South Sydney 15 1 0 — 0 0 9 6 0 60.0
2012 South Sydney 23 1 0 — 0 4 16 7 0 69.57
2013 South Sydney 11 2 0 — 0 8 8 3 0 72.73
2014† South Sydney 22 2 0 — 0 8 17 5 0 77.27
2015 South Sydney 18 2 0 — 0 8 8 10 0 44.4
Career totals 110 8 0 — 0 32 69 41 0 62.7

City Origin

† Denotes seasons in which Clark won a game for New South Wales City Origin Team
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts W L D W-L %
2015 City 1 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 0 0

Records and Achievements

References

  1. ↑ Rabbitohs Profile
  2. ↑ "rabbitohs.com.au Profile". rabbitohs.com.au. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  3. ↑ "rleague.com Profile". rleague.com. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  4. ↑ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2013/02/04/clark-to-captain-rabbitohs-at-return-to-redfern.html
  5. ↑ http://www.nswrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=84880&title=2013-nswrlcomau-vb-nsw-cup-team-of-the-year---announcement
  6. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-preseason-casualty-ward-injuries-and-surgeries-at-your-club-ahead-of-2014/story-fn2mcuj6-1226755029248
  7. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/south-sydney-rabbitohs-win-2014-nrl-grand-final-defeating-canterbury-bulldogs-306/story-fni3fbgz-1227080755667
  8. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/rabbitohs-grand-final-player-ratings/tabid/10874/newsid/82375/default.aspx
  9. ↑ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2015/01/23/rabbitohs_squad_for_.html
  10. ↑ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2015/01/31/rabbits_open_nines_c.html
  11. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  12. ↑ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2015/06/11/clark_to_reach_150_g.html
  13. ↑ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2015/10/09/jason_clark_collects.html
  14. ↑ http://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/ambassador/jason-clark
  15. ↑ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/team/profiles/jason-clark.html
  16. ↑
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