Jake Foster
Australian rugby league footballer
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Jake Colwynn Foster (born Jake Donald Foster, 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]
5 October 1988
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| Full name | Jake Colwynn Foster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
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
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.