Jaelen Feeney

Jaelen Feeney
Feeney playing for the Knights in 2015.
Personal information
Born (1994-10-14) 14 October 1994
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Newcastle Knights 5 0 0 0 0
As of 6 March 2016
Source: [1]

Jaelen Feeney (born 14 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays at five-eighth, halfback and fullback.

Background

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Feeney is of Indigenous Australian descent[2] and moved to Queensland at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters, while attending Keebra Park State High School, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013, Feeney played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.[3] In 2014, he joined the Newcastle Knights and played for their NYC team.[3] On 3 May 2014, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.[4] In 2015, he graduated to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team.[5] On 3 September 2015, he re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract.[6] On 27 September, he played in the Knights' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over the Wyong Roos.[7]

2016

In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Feeney made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jaelen Feeney - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1994-10-14. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  2. ↑ NRL. "Community unites for Indigenous Round - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  3. 1 2 "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Queensland name Under-20s Origin team". NRL.com. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  5. ↑ NRL. "VB NSW Cup Teams Rd 20". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  6. ↑ NewcastleKnights.com.au (2015-09-03). "Knights re-sign Feeney". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  7. ↑ "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  8. ↑ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  9. ↑ NRL. "Late Mail: Titans v Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.

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