Jaelen Feeney (born 14 October 1994) is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth, halfback and fullback for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
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| Born | 14 October 1994 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editBorn 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 and Palm Beach Currumbin, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Playing career
editEarly career
editIn 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 two-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
editIn round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Feeney made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the Gold Coast Titans. Feeney played a total of six appearances for Newcastle in the 2016 NRL season .[8][9][10]
2017
editAfter playing a further 20 NRL games for Newcastle as they finished with the Wooden Spoon, Feeney left the club at the end of the 2017 NRL season.[11][12][13]
2018
editAhead of the 2018 season, Feeney joined the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Jaelen Feeney - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 14 October 1994. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ NRL (9 August 2015). "Community unites for Indigenous Round - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ a b "F". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Queensland name Under-20s Origin team". NRL.com. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ NRL (21 July 2015). "VB NSW Cup Teams Rd 20". NSWRL. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ NewcastleKnights.com.au (3 September 2015). "Knights re-sign Feeney". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "The worst teams in NRL history". Sporting News.
- ^ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ NRL. "Late Mail: Titans v Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 6 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Media, NRL Digital. "Mitch Barnett wins Danny Buderus Medal". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Knights: 2017 by the numbers". NRL.
- ^ "NRL 2017 contracts: Jaelen Feeney, Kelepi Tanginoa, Tyrone Phillips — Market Watch deals for 2018". 8 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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