Jacob Host (born 30 September 1996) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays as a forward for the

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...

in the

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(NRL). He previously played for the

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

in the NRL.

Background

Host was born in

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. He played his junior rugby league for Renown United, before being signed by the

. Host is also an avid video gamer and streams on

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as xhostyy.

Playing career

Early career

From 2014 to 2016, Host played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team. On 25 July 2014, he re-signed with the Dragons on a 3-year contract. In November and December 2014, he played for the

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2016

In round 9 of the

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, Host made his

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debut for the Dragons against the

New Zealand Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...

. In September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2016

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Team of the Year. He was a member of the

Illawarra Cutters The Illawarra Rugby League Football Club was an Australian rugby league football club based in Illawarra formed in 2012. Originally known as the Illawarra Cutters, they became known as the Illawarra RLFC before the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership ...

side who won the 2016

Grand Final. The following week he was part of the Cutters side which won the state championship match against

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winners

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2017

Host made 11 appearances for St George in 2017 as the club went from sitting third on the table at the halfway mark of the season to end up finishing a disappointing ninth place missing the finals. Between Rounds 13 and 26, the club only managed to win 4 games including a final round loss against the

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where St George only needed to win the match to finish in eighth place and make the finals.

2018

Host managed to only make 5 appearances for St George in 2018 and mainly featured for the

side instead.

2019

Host made a total of 17 appearances for St George in the

2019 NRL season The 2019 NRL season was the 112th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 22nd season run by the National Rugby League. The Sydney Roosters became the first team to win back-to-back Premierships since the Brisbane Broncos in 1992 ...

as the club finished second last on the table.

2020

Host scored his first try of the

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in round 16 during a 14–10 loss against the Gold Coast at

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. In October 2020, Host signed a three-year contract with South Sydney.

2021

Host made his club debut for South Sydney in round 1 of the

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against

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which Souths lost 26–18. In round 8 against Canberra, he was sent to the sin bin for a professional foul in South Sydney's 34–20 victory. Host played a total of 21 games for South Sydney in the

including the club's

2021 NRL Grand Final The 2021 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2021 National Rugby League season in Australia. It was contested between the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Sunday 3 October at Suncorp Stadi ...

defeat against Penrith.

2022

Host was limited to only eight appearances for South Sydney in the

2022 NRL season The 2022 NRL season was the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest ...

. Host did not feature in any of South Sydney's finals matches as they reached the preliminary final before losing to Penrith.

2023

On 30 March, Host signed a two-year contract extension to remain at Souths until the end of 2025. Host played a total of 17 games for Souths in the

2023 NRL season The 2023 NRL season was the 116th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League. The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, the longest in league history, followed by a finals series ...

as the club finished 9th on the table and missed the finals.

2024

Host played 14 games for South Sydney in the

2024 NRL season The 2024 NRL season was the 117th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, followed by a finals series contested by the top eight ...

as the club endured a difficult campaign finishing 16th on the table.

Statistics

References

External links

South Sydney Rabbitohs profileSt. George Illawarra Dragons profile
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