Matt Jobson
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1980 Maitland, Australia | |||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | prop, second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–03 | Newcastle Knights | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | New Zealand Warriors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | Wests Tigers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| As of 27 February 2009 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Matt Jobson (born 1 October 1980 in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league player. His position of choice was at prop-forward.
Early years
Born in Maitland, Jobson was a South Newcastle junior and later joined the Newcastle Knights. He made his first grade debut in 2001, appearing off the interchange bench in Round 15 against the Sydney Roosters. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Knights traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against the Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Jobson played from the interchange bench in Newcastle's loss. He went on to play in twenty four games for the club over the next three years.[2]
Searching for a Start
In 2004 he joined the New Zealand Warriors, hoping for more game time. However he only managed to play two games for the club and instead spent most of the season playing for the Eastern Tornadoes in the Bartercard Cup. For 2005 Jobson joined the Wests Tigers but was again unable to break into the starting line up and played only four games. When not selected in first grade, Jobson played for both the Western Suburbs Magpies and Balmain-Ryde in the NSWRL Premier League.[3]
Europe
Frustrated, Jobson decided to join the Crusaders in National League Two for 2006 and was a part of there inaugural season. However he decided to move again at the end of the year, and joined Toulouse Olympique for the Elite One Championship 2006-07 season.[4]
Back to Australia
He returned to his local club, the South Newcastle Lions, in 2007 after the completion of the French season. In 2008 he joined the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup, his tenth club in six years.[5]
References
- ↑ Matt Jobson rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Bradford to face Ashes trio telegraph.co.uk, 15 January 2002
- ↑ Premier League 2005 tigers.org.au
- ↑ Jobson leaves Crusaders sportinglife.com
- ↑ Qld Cup Gains and Losses qrl.com.au, 17 January 2008