James Roberts (rugby league)

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James Roberts
Personal information
Nickname Jimmy the Jet[1]
Born (1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 31)
Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 South Sydney 10 5 0 0 20
2013 Penrith Panthers 6 6 0 0 24
2014–15 Gold Coast Titans 36 21 1 0 86
2016– Brisbane Broncos 12 4 0 0 16
Total 64 36 1 0 146
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 City Origin 1 0 0 0 0
2016 Indigenous All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 17 May 2016
Source: [2]

James Roberts (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. Roberts is a Country Origin and Indigenous All Stars representative. He plays at fullback, centre and wing and previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Gold Coast Titans.

Background

Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Roberts is of Indigenous Australian descent and played his junior rugby league for Ballina Seagulls, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Roberts played for the Rabbitohs' NYC team from 2010 to 2012, scoring 28 tries in 26 matches.[3]

Roberts is the nephew of former player Amos Roberts, the cousin of Gold Coast Titans player Tyrone Roberts and Hull Kingston Rovers player Albert Kelly.[4]Anthony Mundine.[5]and South Sydney Rabbitohs player Greg Inglis

Playing career

2011

In Round 7 of the 2011 NRL season, Roberts made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at fullback in the 36-24 loss at ANZ Stadium.[6] In Round 8 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Roberts scored his first NRL career try in the Rabbitohs 31-12 win at ANZ Stadium.[7] Roberts was named on the wing in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year.[8]

2012

On 25 July, Roberts was released by the Rabbitohs after breaches of his playing contract.[9] He then signed a 2-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2013.[10] Roberts didn't make an NRL appearance in 2012.

2013

In Round 11 of the 2013 NRL season, Roberts made his club debut for the Penrith Panthers against the St. George Illawarra Dragons off the interchange bench in the Panthers 19-0 win at Jubilee Oval.[11] In Round 16 against the Dragons, Roberts scored his first club try for the Penrith Panthers in the 25-10 win at Penrith Stadium.[12] In Round 17 against the Gold Coast Titans, Roberts scored a hat-trick of tries in a man of the match display in the Panthers 40-18 win at TIO Stadium in Darwin.[13] On 6 October 2013, Roberts also participated in the 2013 Holden Cup Grand Final for the Panthers, against the New Zealand Warriors, contributing with two tries as the Panthers won 42-30. Roberts subsequently won the Jack Gibson Medal, awarded to the Man of the Match of the Holden Cup Grand Final.[14] Roberts played in six matches and scored six tries for the Penrith Panthers in the 2013 NRL season.

2014

On 14 March 2014, Roberts was released from the Panthers for off field misbehaviour and later was "thrown a lifeline" when he was signed by the Gold Coast Titans for the 2014 NRL season on 31 March 2014.[15] In Round 14 of the 2014 NRL season, Roberts made his club debut for the Gold Coast Titans against the Melbourne Storm at centre and scored a try in the Titans 24-20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.[16] Roberts finished off his first season at the Gold Coast Titans in the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 12 matches and scoring 5 tries. On 30 October 2014, Roberts was investigated by the NRL after he was arrested for public nuisance in Surfers Paradise.[17]

2015

On 20 January, Roberts was named in the Titans 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[18] On 3 May, he played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country at centre in the 34-22 loss.[19][20] On 29 September, he was named the 2015 Dally M Centre of the Year.[21] On 5 June, it was announced that he had re-signed with the Titans on a three-year contract,[22] however it was later discovered that his manager had forged his signature onto the contract, ruling it null and void. This subsequently lead to Roberts requesting a release from the club.[23] He finished off the 2015 season as the Titans' leading try-scorer with 16 tries in 24 matches.[24] On 15 December, he was named on the interchange bench for the Indigenous All Stars team to play against the World All Stars on 13 February 2016.[25] On 23 December 2015, Roberts signed a 2-year contract with the Brisbane Broncos starting from 2016.[26][27]

2016

On 13 January, Roberts was named in the emerging New South Wales Blues squad.[28] On 13 February, Roberts played for the Indigenous All Stars against the World All Stars, playing at centre in the 12-8 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[29] In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Roberts (who was celebrating his 23rd birthday) made his club debut for the Brisbane Broncos in the season opening match against the Parramatta Eels, playing at centre in the Broncos 17-4 win at Parramatta Stadium.[30]

References

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  30. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/broncos/video-james-roberts-made-a-controversial-joke-but-wayne-bennetts-response-was-unexpected/news-story/deb0fd9e355a26978e220ddd740c9ae3

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