Jacks playing for the Roosters in 2012.
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Personal information
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Born |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
2 June 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryley Jacks (born 2 June 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. Jacks is a Canadian national representative, and primarily plays at halfback.
Jacks was born in Brisbane and is of Canadian descent. His parents Terry and Donna both captained Australia in Touch Football, and Terry played A grade for Brothers Old Boys Rugby Club in the Queensland Rugby Union A grade competition. Ryley attended St Laurence's College in South Brisbane where he was named Sportsman of the Year in 2009.
Jacks played for the Sydney Roosters' National Youth Competition team in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he played for the Newtown Jets, the Roosters' feeder team, in the New South Wales Cup.
After starting the 2014 season with the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup, Jacks signed with the Gold Coast Titans in March to play for their feeder team, the Burleigh Bears, also in the Queensland Cup.
Eligible via his Toronto-born father, Jacks was selected to represent Canada in their 2017 World Cup qualifying campaign in December 2015 alongside his brother Rhys. He scored 1 try in their match against Jamaica, and 3 tries against the United States.