Jake Trbojevic
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Born | Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia | 18 February 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Lock, Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 16 June 2024 |
Jake Trbojevic (born 18 February 1994), commonly nicknamed Jurbo,[2][a] is an Australian professional rugby league player who plays as a lock and prop for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.
Trbojevic has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. He was named captain of the New South Wales team in May 2024.
Background
Trbojevic was born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia. Trbojevic is the older brother of fellow Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Tom Trbojevic and Ben Trbojevic.[3]
Trbojevic played his junior rugby league for Mona Vale Raiders in the Mona Vale rugby league, before being signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. During his time at the Mona Vale Raiders Rugby League club, he was coached by Steve Wilson and assisted by Mitchel Murphy, both helped to shape Jake's rugby league career.[citation needed]
Trbojevic has played for the New South Wales U16's and U18's teams.
Playing career
2013
In round 26 of the 2013 NRL season, Trbojevic made his NRL debut for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles against the Penrith Panthers off the interchange bench in Manly's 38–26 loss at Brookvale Oval.[12] Trbojevic only played 1 match for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2013 NRL season.
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2014
Trbojevic played no matches for the Sea Eagles in the
2015
In round 2 of the
2016
On 1 February, Trbojevic was named as captain of the Sea Eagles' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[20]
After again playing for the Prime Ministers XIII, on 13 October 2016, Trbojevic was called into the
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2017
Manly coach
2018
Trbojevic played all three games for the
2019
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Trbojevic was selected by New South Wales to play in the 2019 State of Origin series after a good start to the season. Trbojevic played in all 3 matches as New South Wales won the series 2–1. It was the first time since 2005 that New South Wales had won back to back series.[24][25]
Trbojevic made 25 appearances for Manly in the 2019 NRL season as the club qualified for the finals after finishing in sixth place. Trbojevic played in the club's elimination final victory over Cronulla and also featured in Manly's elimination final loss against South Sydney where he was controversially sent to the sin bin for allegedly pushing a Souths player in the second half of the match.[26][27]
On 30 September, Trbojevic was named at lock for the Australia PM XIII side. On 7 October, Trbojevic was named in the Australian side for the upcoming Oceania Cup fixtures.
2020
Trbojevic played 20 games for Manly in the 2020 NRL season. The club missed the finals finishing 13th on the table.
Trbojevic was selected by New South Wales for the 2020 State of Origin series. He played in all three games as New South Wales suffered a shock 2–1 series loss against an under strength Queensland side.[28][29]
2021
On 30 May, he was selected for game one of the 2021 State of Origin series.[30] In round 25 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored two tries for Manly in a 46–18 victory over North Queensland.[31] He played 23 games for Manly in the 2021 NRL season including the club's preliminary final loss against South Sydney.[32]
2022
Trbojevic was selected for game two and three of the 2022 State of Origin series which saw New South Wales lose the series 2-1.
Trbojevic played 20 games for Manly in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 11th.[33]
In October, Trbojevic was named in the
He was part of the Australian side which won their 12th World Cup defeating Samoa 30-10 in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup final.[35]
2023
Trbojevic was selected by New South Wales for game 3 of the 2023 State of Origin series which the blues won 24-10 and avoided a series whitewash. Trbojevic played 18 matches for Manly in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 12th on the table and missed the finals.[36]
2024
On 26 May, Trbojevic was named as the new captain for New South Wales ahead of the 2024 State of Origin series.[37]
Statistics
Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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2013 | ![]() |
1 | ||
2015 | 23 | 3 | 12 | |
2016 | 23 | 4 | 16 | |
2017 | 24 | 9 | 36 | |
2018 | 23 | 7 | 28 | |
2019 | 25 | 2 | 8 | |
2020 | 20 | 2 | 8 | |
2021 | 23 | 3 | 12 | |
2022 | 20 | 1 | 4 | |
2023 | 18 | 1 | 4 | |
2024 | 12 | 1 | 4 | |
Totals | 213 | 33 | 132 |
Notes
- ^ Trbojevic's brother Tom Trbojevic is known as Turbo due to their surname; Jurbo is simply a swapping of the first letter to distinguish the two.
References
- ^ "Jake Trbojevic - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Jurbo reveals initial captaincy emotions". Fox Sports. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Jake and Tom Trbojevic are Manly's younger version of the Stewart brothers". Foxspoprts.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "NSW Under 16s Possibles V Probables - NSWRL Academy". Fox Sports Pulse. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "NSW Under 18's Team announced - NRL.com". M.nrl.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Saved from dogs- Manly sign outstanding Junior Prop | Silvertails". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150928181420/http://rleague.com/players/Jake-Trbojevic_4039/Matches. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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(help) - ^ "New South Wales defeat Queensland 36-12 in under-20s Origin". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "2013 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Clubs Queue for Young Manly Sea Eagles". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Flat Manly know they must improve for finals bid". Smh.com.au. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Manly hold off fast-finishing Storm". NRL.com. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Manyl Will Re-sign Trbojevic Brothers". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Famous Win Reignites Top Eight Hopes". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Jake Trbojevic wins Manly's top award". Sea Eagles. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Jake Trbojevic named in Prime Minister's XIII". Sea Eagles. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Tom Decent (26 September 2015). "Australian Prime Minister's XIII beat Papua New Guinea 40-12 in Port Moresby". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Manly names new look Nines squad". NRL.com. February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Trbojevic replaces Papalii for Kangaroos". National Rugby League. 12 October 2016.
- ^ "2016 Rugby League Four Nations - Australia vs Scotland".
- ^ "Blues player ratings: State of Origin game two". National Rugby League. 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Emotional Blues legend Wayne Pearce opens up on his son Mitchell's battle". www.news.com.au.
- ^ "I'm very lucky text exchange that squashed cooks pre game nerves". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 July 2019.
- ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Manly Sea Eagles 34-26 in NRL semi-final". ABC News. 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Rabbitohs dig deep to eliminate Sea Eagles in finals thriller". NRL. 20 September 2019.
- ^ O'Loughlin, Liam (26 October 2020). "NRL 2020 Season Review: How will your side fare next year?". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.
- ^ "State of Origin 2020 game 3: Qld Maroons beat NSW Blues – as it happened". www.theguardian.com. 18 November 2020.
- ^ "NSW Origin team: Luai gets nod for Freddie's fresh-faced Blues". www.nrl.com. 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Manly beats North Queensland 46-18 to clinch NRL top-four spot as South Sydney, Brisbane record victories". ABC News. 4 September 2021.
- ^ "GLORY, GLORY: Souths march into the GF as Wayne masterminds Manly mauling". www.foxsports.com.au. 24 September 2021.
- ^ "NRL 2022: Manly Sea Eagles season review". www.sportingnews.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021
- ^ McLaughlin, Luke (19 November 2022). "Australia 30-10 Samoa: Rugby League World Cup final – as it happened". The Guardian.
- ^ "The $800k call Seibold must make as Turbo hits NRL crossroads: Sea Eagles Brutal Review". www.foxsports.com.au. 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Blues name six rookies, new captain for Origin opener". www.nrl.com.
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