Jacob Devery (born 21 October 1998) is a

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player, who currently plays as a hooker for in New Zealand's domestic

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competition and the in

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Early career

Devery attended

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, where he played three years in the First XV team, alongside future Hawke's Bay teammates Devan Flanders,

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, Lincoln McClutchie, Danny Toala and

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. In his final year, 2016, he helped his team win the Super 8 title after beating

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30–8 in the final and reach the National Top 4 final, which they narrowly lost to

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(13–14). Devery was selected for the Under 18 team in 2016 and represented

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at the Jock Hobbs Memorial National Under 19 Tournament in 2018. While Devery's current preferred position is hooker, as a youngster he started playing at

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(inside centre) and has – years later – made the occasional appearance in the 12 jersey. He has also frequently played as a Number 8 in club rugby, including for Hastings Rugby & Sports Club during the 2021 club rugby season.

Senior career

Devery was, for the first time, named in the squad for the

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season. He made his debut – off the bench – for the province on 25 August 2017 against and earned his first start on 6 September 2017 against . He played 7 games for Hawke's Bay that season. His performance in 2017 saw him selected for the NZ Marist team to play a Heartland XV side. He also played for the team in 2019. While he was named in the Hawke's Bay squad for the

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season, he didn't play any games for the Magpies that year due to being injured for a large part of the season. Being the third choice hooker for Hawke's Bay behind

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and

, he didn't get much game time in

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and

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either, but things changed in

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. In the absence of injured Kereru-Symes, Devery first got game time off the reserves bench and later earned several starts after Ash Dixon got injured and then left for Japan. He scored five tries for the Magpies in 2021. His performance for the Magpies in 2021 didn't go unnoticed. While Devery wasn't named in the squad for the

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, he was called into the squad during preseason and played in both of the Hurricanes' preseason games. Devery made his

debut for the franchise (off the bench) on 19 February 2022 in their round 1 clash with the .

International rugby

Devery was invited to attend the New Zealand Under 20 development camp in December 2017. Due to injury, he wasn't considered for the following trial camp and missed out on a spot in the

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for the 2018

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and World Rugby U20 Championship.

Reference list

External links

itsrugby.co.uk profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Devery, Jacob 1998 births Living people People educated at Hastings Boys' High School New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union hookers Hawke's Bay rugby union players Hurricanes (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Hastings, New Zealand