Jason Schirnack (born 27 July 1989) is a New Zealand

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 11 ...

player who plays for the Rockhampton Leagues Club Capras in the local Queensland competition. He plays in the . He is the brother of Alan Schirnack.

Playing career

Schirnack played his first football with Te Aroha Eels before becoming a

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

junior. Schirnack made his first-grade with the Wests Tigers in round 2 of the 2010 season. It was his only appearance for the season, partly due to a lengthy injury. Returning to the

NSW Cup The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...

with Balmain Ryde-Eastwood, Schirnack was involved in an incident where a piece of his ear was bitten off during a scuffle with an opposing player. Near the start of the 2011 season, Schirnack made another 2 appearances from the bench, which were to be his last for the Wests Tigers club. He signed with the

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in October 2011, and played for their feeder team the

Mackay Cutters The Mackay Cutters are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Mackay, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Queensland Cup in 2007, alongside th ...

in 2012. In 2013, Schirnack played for the

in the Queensland Cup and was a member of the side which won the QLD Cup that season. In 2015, Schirnack signed with the

Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilit ...

to play in their

side. In 2017, Schirnack played for Newtown in the

Intrust Super Premiership NSW The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...

competition. In 2018, Schirnack signed for the Rockhampton Leagues Club Capras.

References

External links

Wests Tigers profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schirnack, Jason 1989 births New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league players Wests Tigers players Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers players Mackay Cutters players Rugby league second-rows Living people People educated at St Bernard's College, Lower Hutt