Robert Jennings (rugby league)

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Rob Jennings
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Personal information
Full nameRobert Jennings
Born (1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 25)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Penrith Panthers 5 1 0 0 4
2017–18 South Sydney 34 24 0 0 96
2019–20 Wests Tigers 23 8 0 0 32
2021– Penrith Panthers 3 0 0 0 0
Total 65 33 0 0 132
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Tonga 1 1 0 0 4
As of 8 May 2021
Source: [1]

Robert Jennings (born 2 January 1996) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and centre for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

He previously played for the Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

Background[]

Jennings was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia to Tongan-born parents. He is also of Fijian and English descent. Jennings is the younger brother of former Parramatta Eels player Michael Jennings and Melbourne Storm player George Jennings,[2] and nephew of 1960s All Black Arthur Jennings.

He played his junior football for the Western City Tigers & Minchinbury Jets, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Playing career[]

Early career[]

In 2014, Jennings played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[3] In November and December 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[4] In 2015, he moved on to the Panthers' New South Wales Cup team.[5]

2015[]

In round 7 of the 2015 NRL season, Jennings made his NRL debut for Penrith against the Gold Coast Titans.[6] On 2 May 2015, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against Junior Kiwis.[7] On 8 July 2015, he played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team.[8] At the time, he was contracted with Penrith until the end of 2016.[9]

2016[]

Jennings was named in Penrith's squad for the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.[10]

After not receiving any game time in the 2016 NRL season, Jennings signed a one-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2017.[11] In September, he was named at centre in the 2016 NYC Team of the Year.[12]

2017[]

Jennings was named in South Sydney's squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. He made his South Sydney debut against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in round 2, scoring a try and setting one up for teammate Robbie Farah.[13]

2018[]

In round 3 of the 2018 NRL season, Jennings scored his first hat trick try for South Sydney in the 34-6 win over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at ANZ Stadium. In round 14 he scored 4 tries in the club's 42-24 smashing of the Parramatta Eels at ANZ Stadium. Jennings finished off the 2018 season with 19 tries. Jennings played in all three of the club's finals games including the 12-4 preliminary final loss against arch rivals Eastern Suburbs.

Jennings playing for the Tigers in 2019

2019[]

On 21 February Jennings signed a two-year deal with the Wests Tigers after he was released by South Sydney.[14]

Jennings made a total of 18 appearances for the Wests Tigers in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed out on the finals.[15][16]

2020[]

On 28 September, Jennings was one of eight players who were released by the Wests Tigers.[17]

2021[]

On 30 October 2020, Jennings returned to Penrith on a one-year deal.

References[]

  1. ^ "Robert Jennings - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "NRL 2015 season: Penrith Panthers young gun George Jennings on growing up in Michael's shadow". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Round 16 v Warriors - Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Robert Jennings picked for the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. ^ "VB NSW CUP TEAMS ROUND 1". NSWRL.com.au. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ^ "NRL TEAM LIST - Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. ^ "PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Jennings brothers follow Michael's footsteps". NRL.com. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. ^ "2016 Downer NRL Auckland Nines Official Squads". NRL. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Rabbitohs sign four up-and-coming players". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  12. ^ "2016 Holden Cup Team of the Year announced". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. ^ "2017 Auckland Nines squads: Every player named for the tournament". The Roar. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Wests Tigers sign Robert Jennings after Rabbitohs release". www.nrl.com.
  15. ^ "Ruled out, Farah gets last-minute call-up after warm-up injury". NRL.
  16. ^ "Robbie Farah's cryptic chat with Paul Gallen ahead of Leichhardt Oval showdown". WWOS.
  17. ^ "Tigers show EIGHT players the door as Madge cleans house after another miserable season". www.foxsports.com.au.

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