Jessica Gentle
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| Born | 28 July 1996 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (10 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica Gentle (born 28 July 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her positions are wing and centre. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights.
Gentle was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and attended Woolgoolga High School.[2] She played soccer and rugby, and competed in cross country running and swimming. In soccer, she was a representative of the Australian Schoolgirls National team, was a part of the North Coast team where her team was the runner up in the State Youth League and earned a players' player award with the North Coast team in 2011 and 2014. She represented Northern NSW soccer at the National Youth Championships in 2010 and 2011 and was awarded the Pierre De Coubertina Award for sporting achievement in her senior year.[2]