Jake Mamo

Jake Mamo (born 6 June 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He plays at fullback and wing. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Mamo is of Maltese descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Ourimbah Wyoming Magpies, St Edwards Bears and The Entrance Tigers, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

At the end of 2012, Mamo won the Brian Carlson Club-Andrew Johns Medal as the Knights' best under-17 player. In 2013 and 2014, he played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. At the end of 2013, he won the Knights' NYC Players' Player of the Year award and re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract.

On 15 and 16 February, Mamo played for the Knights in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines. After Knights' regular winger Akuila Uate suffered a knee injury, Mamo was selected to make his NRL debut in Round 7 of the 2014 NRL season against the Brisbane Broncos at Hunter Stadium, playing on the wing in the Knights' 32-6 loss. On 3 May, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team and scored three tries in New South Wales' 30-8 win, the first hat-trick ever to be scored in an under-20s State of Origin match, as well as winning the Darren Lockyer medal for Man of the Match. In Round 14 against the Sydney Roosters, he scored his first NRL career try in the Knights' 29-12 loss at the Sydney Football Stadium. On 2 September, he was named at fullback in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year. He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 7 matches and scoring 2 tries for the Knights in the season. On 18 October, he played on the wing for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis at Mt Smart Stadium, scoring a try in the Kangaroos' 14–15 loss.