Rhys Jacks (born 21 January 1990) is a

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who plays as a for the

Easts Tigers The Brisbane Tigers are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. Since 1996, they have competed in the Queensland Cup, having competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1934 to 1997, where ...

in the

Intrust Super 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 ...

. He previously played for the

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Championship (rugby league), Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their forme ...

in the

Kingstone Press Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in England, a ...

in 2016, and for the

Toronto Wolfpack The Toronto Wolfpack are a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario, who compete in the North American Rugby League. The club originally competed in the British rugby league system but withdrew in the 2020 Super Leagu ...

during their inaugural season in 2017. Jacks played as a

international in 2015. He plays as a scrum-half and can also operate as a .

Background

Jacks was born in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. Although he is of

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

descent, as his grandfather was born in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, he does not have a Canadian passport as citizenship is limited to only the first-generation born outside of Canada.

Career

Jacks has played for the

Souths Logan Magpies The Souths Logan Magpies, more commonly referred to by their former names Southern Suburbs Magpies, or South Brisbane Magpies, or often simply referred to as Souths, are a rugby league football club based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Au ...

in the

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 ...

and was previously in the system of the

. Jacks is a

international. His brother

Ryley Jacks Ryley Jacks (born 2 June 1992) is a Canada international rugby league footballer who last played as a for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship. Jacks previously played for the Gold Coast Titans and the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. Ea ...

is a fellow representative for Canada. Jacks joined the

in 2017. Later that year, in October, he was named as one of five players to leave the Wolfpack before the 2018 season. He was released to make room for other international players; per

Rugby Football League The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league in England, and until 1995 for the whole British Isles. The name Rugby Football League previously also referred to the main league competition run by the organisati ...

(RFL) rules a club may not have more than five overseas quota players—those from outside the United Kingdom and the

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, and in the Wolfpack's case also Canada, the United States and Jamaica—as he does not hold Canadian citizenship. Upon return to his native Australia for the 2018 season, Jacks signed with the

Sunshine Coast Falcons The Sunshine Coast Falcons are a rugby league football team based on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. They compete in the Queensland Cup and their home ground is Sunshine Coast Stadium. The Falcons are currently affiliated with the NRL team Melb ...

. Jacks returned to his initial rugby league organization of the

for the 2019 season.

References

External links

Toronto Wolfpack profileSheffield Eagles profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacks, Rhys 1990 births Living people Australian people of Canadian descent Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian rugby league players Canada national rugby league team captains Canada national rugby league team players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Brisbane Sheffield Eagles players Sportsmen from Queensland Toronto Wolfpack players