Josh Jacomb (born 23 June 2001) is a New Zealand
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player, who plays for the and . His preferred position is
first five-eighth or
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
.
Early career
Jacomb is from
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
, and grew up on the city's North Shore. He attended
Sacred Heart College.
Professional career
Jacomb has represented in the
National Provincial Championship since 2021, being named in their full squad for the
2023 Bunnings NPC
The 2023 Bunnings NPC season was the eighteenth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, the National Provincial Championship (2006–present), National Provincial Championship, since it turned professional in 2006. It involv ...
.
He originally wasn't named in the squad for the
2024 Super Rugby Pacific season
The 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific in Fiji and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 29th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Austral ...
, being named in the Chiefs development squad,
but was announced in the side for Round 3 of the season against the , making his debut in the same fixture.
References
External links
itsrugby.co.uk Profile
2001 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union fullbacks
Chiefs (rugby union) players
Taranaki rugby union players
Rugby union players from Auckland
People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland
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