Jack Buchanan (rugby league)

Jack Buchanan
Personal information
Born	10 April 1992 (age 27); Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
	As of 9 October 2018 Source: [1] [2] [3]

Last updated September 28, 2019

Jack Buchanan (born 10 April 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup.

Rugby league is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68m wide and 112-122m long. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.

The Essential Coffee Burleigh Bears are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Gold Coast, Australia. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. Since their admission to the competition in 1997, the club has appeared in 3 grand finals, winning three - 1999, 2004, 2016 and won the minor premiership twice - 2003, 2004. The team's leagues club and home ground, Pizzey Park, are located in the Gold Coast suburb of Miami. They currently serve as one of the feeder clubs for the Gold Coast Titans.

The Intrust Super Cup is the top level of rugby league football in Queensland, Australia. Run by the QRL, the competition is known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super and is contested by fourteen teams, twelve of which are based in Queensland, with one based in New South Wales and one based in Papua New Guinea.

The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the contiguous regions of the Inner West and Western Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies.

National Rugby League Australasian rugby league football competition

The National Rugby League (NRL) is a league of professional men's rugby league teams in Australia. Run by the Australian Rugby League Commission, the NRL's main competition is known as the Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra and is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand. It is the most viewed and attended rugby league club competition in the world.

The Widnes Vikings are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire that plays in the Betfred Championship. The club plays its home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. Their historic nickname is "The Chemics" after the main industry in Widnes, but now they use their modern nickname, "The Vikings".

Playing career

Born in Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia, Buchanan played his earliest football for the Culburra Dolphins before joining Canterbury's representative teams as a teenager. "I was doing 2½-hour one-way trips to the Bulldogs in Harold Matthews and SG Ball. Five hours all round, about five days a week. That would have been about three years," Buchanan later said.^[4]

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 National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, as well as the New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions.

The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League (NRL) and clubs and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.

The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSW Cup clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition. In 2009 the Melbourne Storm from Victoria, was admitted to the competition. In 2010 the competition continued its national growth with the introduction of the WA Reds / West Coast Pirates from Perth.

Buchanan was later signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons. He played for the Dragons' NYC team in 2011 and 2012, scoring 3 tries in 46 games.^[5] In 2012, he was statistically one of the competition's top ten players in hit-ups, metres gained, and tackles made. At the end of the season, he signed a 3-year contract with the Wests Tigers.^[6]

The St. George Illawarra Dragons is 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 since 1999 after a joint-venture was formed between the St. George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers. They officially formed as the game's first joint-venture club on 23 September 1998 and remain the only cross-city team in the NRL. The team has its headquarters and leagues clubs in both Wollongong and the Sydney suburb of Kogarah, and train and play games regularly at WIN Stadium in Wollongong, as well as at Jubilee Oval in Kogarah. From 2006 to 2018 the club was jointly owned by the St. George Dragons 50%, Illawarra Steelers 25% and WIN Corporation 25%. In August 2018 WIN Corporation purchased the Illawarra Steelers remaining 25% stake.

In Round 1 of the 2013 NRL season Buchanan made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Newcastle Knights. He was the youngest starting prop in the competition.^[7] With injuries to props Keith Galloway and Aaron Woods, Buchanan missed only one game throughout the season, averaging 26 tackles per game. He was also one of the club leaders in support runs.^[8] Coach Mick Potter said of Buchanan's first year, "When Jack came across here, he really was a big kid that was still a bit skinny. Getting some weight on him was key. He probably won’t be fully developed for three more years but he is certainly one to keep your eye on."^[8]

The 2013 NRL season was the 106th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia. The National Rugby League's main competition, named the 2013 Telstra Premiership after major sponsors Telstra Corporation, was contested by sixteen teams during the regular season, which lasted from March to September, and resulted in the top eight finishing teams, who went on to contest the finals. The season culminated in the Grand Final, in which the Sydney Roosters defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26-18 to win their first NRL premiership since 2002.

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, the Knights joined the top tier competition in 1988, 79 years after the previous Newcastle based team, the Newcastle Rebels had departed the Sydney competition with the formation of a separate league competition based in the Newcastle region.

Keith Galloway is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop for the Wests Tigers, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Leeds Rhinos. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australia international representative forward, he was known for his size and power.

With the arrival of props Martin Taupau and James Gavet, Buchanan made just 4 appearances from the bench in 2014.

Martin Taupau is a professional rugby league footballer of Samoan Heritage, who plays as prop and lock for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL, and Samoa and New Zealand at international level.

James Gavet is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.

Buchanan played in 12 games in 2015, again all as a reserve. At the end of the season, he re-signed for a further year.^[9]

On 11 May 2016, Buchanan joined the Widnes Vikings in the Super League effective immediately on a contract to the end of 2017, after being released from his Tigers contract.^[10]

Representative career

In 2009, Buchanan played for the New South Wales U17's team.

Related Research Articles

Chris Houston is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Widnes Vikings in the Super League. He played as a second-row, lock and prop and previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Kevin Naiqama is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback, wing and centre for St Helens in the Super League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers and the Wests Tigers in the NRL. On the 22 May 2018 Naiqama signed a three year contract with St Helens RFC.

Peter Mata'utia-Leifi, also known by the nickname of "Pete". is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre, fullback and winger for the Castleford Tigers in the BETFRED Super League.

Ben Murdoch-Masila is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row and loose forward for the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League.

Matt Groat is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Easts Tigers in the Intrust Super Cup. He has previously played for Thirlmere Roosters in the Group 6 Rugby League, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Wests Tigers in the NRL and Doncaster, and the Dewsbury Rams in the Championship. He plays as a prop.

Avagalu Seumanufagai is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Joshua "Josh" Drinkwater is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for in the Betfred Super League.

Shaun Spence is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, playing in the positions of lock and prop.

Sauaso "Jesse" Sue is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a lock, prop and second-row forward for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.

Charly Runciman is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the Canterbury Cup NSW. He plays as a centre and wing and previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League and for the Widnes Vikings in the English Super League.

Luke Brooks Australian rugby league player

Luke Brooks is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

Nathan Brown is an Italy international rugby league footballer who plays as a lock for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

Jack Littlejohn is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays as a halfback and five-eighth.

Matthew Lodge is a rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.

Asipeli Fine is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup. He plays as a centre, second-row and wing. He previously played for the Wests Tigers and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Michael Chee Kam is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row or centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

Delouise Hoeter is a Tongan professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup competition. He plays at positions, wing and centre and previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League and Townsville Blackhawks and Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.

JJ Collins is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.

Matt Eisenhuth is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

References

↑ loverugbyleague
↑ "Jack Buchanan - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/player-profile?playerid=112718&teamid=3400 ^{[ dead link ]}
↑ Glenn Jackson (15 March 2013). "He's done the miles, now Buchanan's journey has reached the big league". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120624231536/http://www.rleague.com/db/player/b/buchanan_jack/index.php. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2013.Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Top young NYC prop signs for three years". weststigers.com.au. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
↑ Glenn Jackson (26 March 2013). "Young guns prepared to prop up Tigers". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
1 2 Brock Corfe (22 August 2013). "Young guns - Jack Buchanan". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
↑ "Wests Tigers sign Ipswich Jets' Billy McConnachie, Rod Griffin; re-sign prop Jack Buchanan for 2016 season". ABC News. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ "Widnes secure NRL Prop Forward". Widnesvikings.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] verugbyleague

[2] "Jack Buchanan - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[3] ttp://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/player-profile?playerid=112718&teamid=3400 ^{[ dead link ]}

[4] Glenn Jackson (15 March 2013). "He's done the miles, now Buchanan's journey has reached the big league". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120624231536/http://www.rleague.com/db/player/b/buchanan_jack/index.php. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2013.Missing or empty |title= (help)

[6] "Top young NYC prop signs for three years". weststigers.com.au. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

[7] Glenn Jackson (26 March 2013). "Young guns prepared to prop up Tigers". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

[young_gun-8] 1 2 Brock Corfe (22 August 2013). "Young guns - Jack Buchanan". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[9] "Wests Tigers sign Ipswich Jets' Billy McConnachie, Rod Griffin; re-sign prop Jack Buchanan for 2016 season". ABC News. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

[10] "Widnes secure NRL Prop Forward". Widnesvikings.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2016.