Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

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Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
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Personal information
Nickname JWH
Born (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 116 kg (18 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Manly-Warringah 6 1 0 0 4
2010– Sydney Roosters 132 8 0 0 32
Total 138 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 New Zealand 16 2 0 0 8
2012–15 NRL All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
As of 21 December 2014
Source: [1]

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (born 20 January 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League. A New Zealand international representative Prop,[2] Waerea-Hargreaves started his NRL career at the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Waerea-Hargreaves later moved to the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won the 2013 NRL Premiership.

Early years

Born in Rotorua, New Zealand, Waerea-Hargreaves is of Māori descent. Waerea-Hargreaves later moved to Australia and first made a name for himself playing schoolboy rugby union at Iona College (Queensland), through some impressive performances in the AIC competition, making the AIC rep side versing the GPS rep side. Waerea-Hargreaves joined the Waratahs Academy in Sydney. Waerea-Hargreaves played for Australia at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in Ireland alongside future-Super Rugby players, such as Dan Palmer, Pat McCabe and Blair Connor.[3][4] Waerea-Hargreaves was signed by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles recruitment manager, Noel Cleal, despite never having played rugby league.[5] Waerea-Hargreaves played in the Sea Eagles NYC team in 2008 and 2009.

Playing career

2009

Waerea-Hargreaves made his NRL debut against the Brisbane Broncos in Round 9, playing off the interchange bench in the Sea Eagles 22-20 win at Suncorp Stadium.[6] In his next match in Round 15 Waerea-Hargreaves scored his first NRL career try in the Sea Eagles 20-14 win against the Canberra Raiders at Brookvale Oval.[7] Waerea-Hargreaves played 6 matches and scored a try for the season, and was named in the Toyota Cup team of the year.[8] He was selected as part of the New Zealand Kiwis Four Nations squad and made his debut against Tonga.[9] Waerea-Hargreaves scored two tries against France in the Kiwis 62-12 win at Stade Ernest Wallon.[10]

2010

Waerea-Hargreaves joined the Sydney Roosters in 2010 on a three-year deal. For the ANZAC Test, he was selected to play for New Zealand from the interchange bench in their 12-8 loss.[11] In Finals Week 1 match against Wests Tigers, Waerea-Hargreaves was on a receiving end of big hit from the Tigers Simon Dwyer. The Roosters won 19-15 in golden point extra time due to a Shaun Kenny-Dowall 70 metre intercept try.[12] Waerea-Hargreaves played off the interchange bench in the 2010 NRL Grand Final, losing 32-8 to the St George-Illawarra Dragons.[13] He played in 19 matches for the Roosters in 2010. Waerea-Hargreaves played a match for New Zealand in the Four Nations, a 76-12 win against Papua New Guinea.[14]

2011

In Round 25 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Waerea-Hargreaves scored his first club try for the Roosters in the 36-25 win at SFS.[15] He played in 21 matches and scored a try for the season. Waerea-Hargreaves was selected in the New Zealand Four Nations squad.[16]

2012

On 6 February, Waerea-Hargreaves played for the NRL All Stars on the interchange bench in the 28-12 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[17] He played in 23 matches and scored 3 tries in 2012. Waerea-Hargreaves played off the interchange bench in the October test against Australia.[18]

2013

For the 2013 ANZAC Test, Waerea-Hargreaves played for New Zealand at Prop in their 32-12 loss.[19] In Round 9, he copped a 5-week suspension after being sent off for a head tackle against the Sea Eagles.[20] Waerea-Hargreaves played prop in the grand final against the Sea Eagles, the Roosters winning 26-18.[21][22] Waerea-Hargreaves played in 21 matches and scored a try in the Roosters successful year. He played for the Kiwis in all 7 matches of the World Cup including the 34-2 loss to Australia in the final.[23][24]

2014

In Round 11 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium, Waerea-Hargreaves played his 100th NRL career match in the Roosters 32-12 win.[25] In Round 19 against the Penrith Panthers at SFS, he played his 100th career match for the Roosters in the 32-12 win.[26] Waerea-Hargreaves finished off the 2014 season with him playing in 26 matches and scoring a try. In December, The Canberra Raiders offered Waerea-Hargreaves a multimillion-dollar contract but later ended negotiations after he failed to meet a deadline.[27][28]

2015

On 24 January, Waerea-Hargreaves was the co-captain of Roosters 2015 Auckland Nines squad alongside Mitchell Pearce.[29] On 13 February, he played for the NRL All Stars in the 2015 All Stars match. The NRL All Stars lost 20-6 to the Indigenous All Stars.[30] In Round 23 against the Parramatta Eels, Waerea-Hargreaves scored one of the best solo tries of the season, scoring a crucial try by steamrolling two defenders and brushed off two more to score next to the posts in the Roosters 28-18 win.[31][32] In the next match against the Brisbane Broncos, his season ended after he suffered a knee injury.[33][34] Waerea-Hargreaves finished the year with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 2 tries.

References

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