Jack Gosiewski (; born 29 May 1994) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays as a forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the

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. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the

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in the National Rugby League.

Background

Gosiewski was born in

Murwillumbah, New South Wales Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River (New South Wales), Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwill ...

, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for the Mullumbimby Giants, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Gosiewski is of Polish descent.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Gosiewski played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team, captaining the side in 2014. In 2015, he graduated to their New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears. At the conclusion of the 2015 season, he played 18 games for North Sydney and scored 4 tries.

2016

In round 10 of the

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, Gosiewski made his

debut for South Sydney against the Parramatta Eels. He played a total of 5 games for South Sydney in 2016, for most of the season though, he featured for North Sydney, making 9 appearances and scoring 3 tries. In October, he re-signed with Souths on a one-year contract until the end of 2017.

2017

Gosiewski spent most of the

2017 NRL season The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...

out with a torn patella. After getting match fitness and game time with South Sydney's feeder club North Sydney, he was recalled to the South Sydney lineup and played his sole

game of the season in South Sydney's 36-18 victory over the

New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

. After not being offered a new contract by Souths, he signed a one-year contract in September, with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2018.

2018

Gosiewski made his debut for Manly in round 5 against the Gold Coast Titans. Gosiewski featured in 8 games for Manly as the club endured a torrid 2018 season finishing second last on the table. Gosiewski resigned for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles for another season, keeping him at the club until the end of 2019.

2019

In round 22 of the

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against Wests Tigers, Gosiewski scored two tries as Manly-Warringah won the match 32-12 at Brookvale Oval. Gosiewski played 19 games for Manly in the

as the club finished 6th on the table and qualified for the finals. Gosiewski played in both of Manly's finals matches and scored a try in the club's elimination final loss against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.

2020

In round 19 of the

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, he scored two tries for Manly-Warringah in their 24-42 loss against the

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at Brookvale Oval. He played a total of 13 games for Manly-Warringah in the

as they finished a disappointing 13th on the table.

2021

Gosiewski played six games for Manly in the

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. On October 6, he was released by the Manly club. On October 15 Gosiewski signed a one-year deal with the

for the 2022 season.

2022

Gosiewski played four games for St. George Illawarra in the

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as the club finished 10th on the table and missed the finals. On 25 October, Gosiewski signed a one-year deal to join

North Queensland North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...

starting in 2023.

References

External links

Manly Sea Eagles profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosiewski, Jack 1994 births Living people Australian people of Polish descent Australian rugby league players Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league players from Murwillumbah Rugby league second-rows South Sydney Rabbitohs players St. George Illawarra Dragons players