Jamal Idris

Jamal Idris

Personal information
Full name	Jamal Dasuki Idris
Born	(1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 26) Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	114 kg (18.0 st)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008–11 Canterbury Bulldogs 68 24 0 0 96 2012–13 Gold Coast Titans 35 9 0 0 36 2014–15 Penrith Panthers 28 8 0 0 32 2017– Wests Tigers 5 0 0 0 0 Total 136 41 0 0 164 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008 Dreamtime Team 1 0 0 0 0 2010–14 Country NSW 3 2 0 0 8 2010 New South Wales 1 1 0 0 4 2011 Australia 1 1 0 0 4
As of 27 October 2016 Source:

Jamal Dasuki Idris (born 6 July 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Idris has played in many representative teams in the NRL such as: New South Wales and State of Origin. A centre, he previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Gold Coast Titans and Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He has also represented the Indigenous All Stars.

The son of an Aboriginal mother and a Nigerian father, Idris spent two years growing up in an Aboriginal mission in Forster on the New South Wales Mid North Coast with his younger brother, Isaac, and mother, Alana. The family moved to Sydney because of Jamal's interest in athletics, especially javelin throwing. Following several representative seasons in athletics, Idris took up rugby league in high school. His junior clubs were Chester Hill Hornets, Merrylands Rams, Fairfield Patrician Brothers, Bankstown Sports, Guildford Raiders, Berala Bears and Forster Tuncurry Hawkes. Idris attended Great Lakes College, Westfields Sports High School and LaSalle Catholic College, Bankstown.