Rhys Jacks (born 21 January 1990) is a

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who plays as a for the

Ipswich Jets The Ipswich Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Ipswich, Queensland. Their name comes from nearby RAAF Base Amberley, one of the largest airbases in Australia. The Jets compete in the Queensland Cup competition. Original ...

in the

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 ...

. He previously played for the

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Olympic Legacy Park and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Sheffield's on ...

in the Kingstone Press Championship in 2016, and for the

Toronto Wolfpack Toronto Wolfpack RLFC is a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club is the first and only professional rugby league club in North America, and as of 2023 competes in the self sponsored Canada Cup, an invitation ...

during their inaugural season in 2017. Jacks represented the Canadian national team. He plays as a scrum-half and can also operate as a .

Background

Jacks was born in

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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 ...

, Australia. Although he is of

Canadian Canadians () 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 their being ''C ...

descent, as his grandfather was born in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

, 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

and was previously in the system of 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 premiership (rugby league ...

. Jacks is a

international. His brother Ryley Jacks 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 (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs resigning from the Rugby Football Union, it changed its name in 1922 to the Rugby Footb ...

(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 Melbo ...

. 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 21st-century Australian sportsmen Australian people of Canadian descent Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Australian rugby league players Canada national rugby league team captains Canada national rugby league team players Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England Ipswich Jets players Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Brisbane Sheffield Eagles players Sportsmen from Queensland Toronto Wolfpack players