Jamal Fogarty (born 13 December 1993) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays as a for the

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in the

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. He previously played for the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...

in the

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. Fogarty is an Indigenous All Stars representative.

Background

Fogarty was born in

Beaudesert, Queensland Beaudesert is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Beaudesert had a population of 6,395 people. Beaudesert is the administrative centre for the Scenic Rim Region. Geography Beaudesert is south of ...

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, and is a member of the Mununjali clan of the

Yugambeh people The Yugambeh ( ''(see alternative spellings)'', also known as the Minyangbal ( , are an Aboriginal Australian people of south-east Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, their territory lies between the Logan and Tweed river ...

. He played his junior rugby league for the

Beaudesert Kingfishers The Beaudesert and District Junior Rugby League Football Club, more commonly known as the Beaudesert Kingfishers, was formed in 1962 as the Beaudesert Rugby League Football Club. The club is based at R.S. Willis Park in Beaudesert, Queensland a ...

, before being signed by the

. Fogarty attended

Palm Beach Currumbin State High School Palm Beach Currumbin State High School (PBC High School or PBC) is an independent co-educational public school (government funded), in the Gold Coast suburb of Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. PBC is Queensland's southernmost coastal High sch ...

throughout his upbringing.

Playing career

Early career

In October 2011, Fogarty played for the

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. In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Gold Coast Titans'

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team, before graduating to their

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by four ...

team,

Tweed Heads Seagulls The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls or Tweed Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales. It is one of only two non-Queensland teams to play in the Queensland Cup, along with the ...

in 2014. In 2016, he joined Queensland Cup team

Burleigh Bears The Burleigh Bears are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Gold Coast, Australia. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. Since their admission to the competition in 1997, the ...

. He was a member of the Burleigh Bears 2016 Queensland Cup winning side, defeating the

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in the final. In November 2016, he signed a one-year contract with the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

, starting in 2017.

2017

In June, after spending the season so far playing for Eels' feeder club,

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, Fogarty was granted a release mid-season to return to the Burleigh Bears. jamalfogarty

He signed a contract with the Titans and just under a fortnight after being released by the Eels, he made his

debut for the Titans in round 16 of the

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against the

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2018

Fogarty made no appearances for

in 2018 and spent the entire year playing for the

making 17 appearances in total.

2019

In 2019, Fogarty rejoined the

full-time, starting at halfback in their Grand Final win over the

Wynnum Manly Seagulls The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1951 to 1997. Since ...

. On 27 September, Fogarty won the

Petero Civoniceva Petero Civoniceva ( (Thee-vo-nee-thee-vah); born 21 April 1976), is a Fijian-Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representa ...

Medal at the QRL awards.

2020

On 7 March, Fogarty signed with the

on a two-year deal. In round 9 2020, Fogarty scored his first points in the top grade by kicking a conversion in the 16-12 win over

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. In round 15, Fogarty was named as the captain of the team in the absence of

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. In the same match, Fogarty was chased down by Canberra forward

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after seemingly running away to score a try. Following the game, Fogarty spoke to media saying "I was very embarrassed. I've been copping a lot of text messages from people so I think I might throw my phone in the bin after the last couple of days". The following week, Fogarty scored the winning try as the Gold Coast defeated St. George 14-10 at

Kogarah Oval Jubilee Stadium, also known as Kogarah Oval or by its sponsored name Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Carlton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is one ...

2021

On 2 February, Fogarty was named at halfback in the Indigenous All Stars team to play the New Zealand Māori at

Queensland Country Bank Stadium North Queensland Stadium, commercially known as Queensland Country Bank Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in South Townsville, Queensland, Australia, primarily used for rugby league. History As part of Australia's 2022 FIFA World Cup bid in ...

. Fogarty asked the Gold Coast club for a release in September 2021 due to it becoming apparent that Toby Sexton would land the starting halfback role for 2022. He signed for the

on a three-year deal shortly afterwards.

2022

On 2 March, Fogarty was ruled out for four months with a knee injury which he sustained in Canberra's pre-season trial against Manly. In round 12 of the

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, Fogarty made his club debut for Canberra in their 28-20 loss against

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

. In round 25, Fogarty scored one try and kicked seven goals in Canberra's 56-10 victory over wooden spooners the

. Fogarty played a total of 15 games for Canberra in 2022 as the club finished 8th on the table and qualified for the finals. Fogarty played in both finals matches as Canberra were eliminated in the second week by

Achievements and accolades

Individual

* Petero Civoniceva Medal: 2019 *

Team of the Year: 2016

References

External links

Gold Coast Titans profileNRL profileQRL.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fogarty, Jamal 1993 births Living people Australian rugby league players Burleigh Bears players Gold Coast Titans captains Gold Coast Titans players Canberra Raiders players Indigenous Australian rugby league players Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Queensland Tweed Heads Seagulls players Wentworthville Magpies players