Jamie Buhrer (born 28 November 1989) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
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footballer who played as a and for the
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Manly club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League seaso ...
and the
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...
in the
NRL
The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...
. He also played for
NSW City and
New South Wales
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.
Background
Buhrer was born in
Westmead, New South Wales
Westmead is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of City of Parramatta and Cumberland Council and is part of ...
,
Australia
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. He was educated at
Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown
Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
History
The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Bro ...
in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
.
He played his junior rugby league for the
Hills District Bulls
The Hills District Bulls is an Australian rugby league football club. It plays in the Parramatta District junior league based in at Crestwood Oval.
They have played in the Parramatta District since 1964. They field teams in all age groups in ...
. He was then signed by the
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Manly club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League seaso ...
.
Playing career
Early career
In 2008 and 2009, Buhrer played 47 games for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles'
NYC team, scoring 15 tries in total. In September 2009, he was named at in the 2009 NYC Team of the Year.
2010
In 2010, Buhrer graduated to the Sea Eagles'
Queensland Cup
The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league, rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League, Queensland Rugby ...
team,
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles. In round 10 of the
2010 NRL season
The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The season commenced on 12 March and ended with the grand final, played on 3 ...
, he made his
NRL
The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...
debut for Manly against 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 (NRL).
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...
.
2011
Buhrer scored his first two tries in round 4 of the
2011 season against 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 ...
, where he was playing at . He played off the interchange bench in Manly's
2011 NRL Grand Final
The 2011 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the National Rugby League, NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership season. It was played between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the New Zealand Warriors on the afternoon of ...
win over 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 ...
. Later on that month, he re-signed with the Manly club on a three-year contract until the end of 2014.
2012
In April, he played for
New South Wales City against
New South Wales Country in the annual
City vs Country Origin
City vs Country Origin was an annual Australian rugby league football match that took place in New South Wales between City and Country representative sides. The City side represented the Sydney metropolitan area. While technically it was Syd ...
match. A month later, he gained selection for the
New South Wales
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State of Origin team to take on
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
in game one of the series in
Melbourne
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on 23 May 2012. He was subsequently dropped from the side.
2014
In May, Buhrer returned to the New South Wales City side. In September, he tore his
anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation. In ...
, ruling him out for the rest of the season. Later on that month, he re-signed with the Manly outfit on a three-year contract until the end of 2017.
2016
In October, after playing 128 games for the Manly club, Buhrer was released from the final year of his contract to sign a two-year contract with the
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...
starting in 2017.
2017
Upon joining the Newcastle club, Buhrer formed part of the leadership group of the playing roster. He made his debut for Newcastle in round 1 of the
2017 season against the New Zealand Warriors. During a training session in April, he suffered a fractured foot and was expected to miss up to eight weeks. He finished the year with 16 matches and one try for the Novocastrians.
2018
In 2018, Buhrer played in 20 matches for the Newcastle side, mostly from the
interchange bench
Interchange (or, colloquially, the bench or interchange bench) is a team position in Australian rules football, consisting of players who are part of the selected team but are not currently on the field of play.
Interchange numbers AFL
As of th ...
.
2019
Due to increasing depth in Newcastle's squad, Buhrer only played nine NRL matches in 2019, before departing at season's end. In November, he announced his retirement from rugby league.
Post playing
Buhrer works as the U16s pathways assistant coach alongside former team mate Matt Orford.
Statistics
References
External links
Newcastle Knights profileNRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buhrer, Jamie
1989 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Newcastle Knights players
Newcastle Knights captains
People educated at Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown
Queensland Residents rugby league team players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league locks
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league players from Sydney
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles players
21st-century Australian sportsmen