Jacob Host

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Jacob Host
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Personal information
Full nameJacob Bocco Host
Born (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 27)
Padstow, New South Wales, Australia
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016–20 St. George Illawarra 5150020
2021– South Sydney 4740016
Total9890036
Source: [1] [2]
As of 25 June 2023

Jacob Host (born 30 September 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Contents

He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.

Background

Host was born in Padstow, New South Wales, Australia.

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

Host is also an avid video gamer and streams on Twitch as xhostyy.

Playing career

Early career

From 2014 to 2016, Host played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team. [3] [4] On 25 July 2014, he re-signed with the Dragons on a 3-year contract. [5] In November and December 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys. [6]

2016

In round 9 of the 2016 NRL season, Host made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the New Zealand Warriors. [7] [8] In September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year. [9] He was a member of the Illawarra Cutters side who won the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Grand Final. The following week he was part of the Cutters side which won the state championship match against Queensland Cup winners Burleigh Bears. [10] [11]

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 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs where St George only needed to win the match to finish in eighth place and make the finals. [12]

2018

Host playing for St. George Illawarra in 2018 Jacob Host St George Illawarra.jpg
Host playing for St. George Illawarra in 2018

Host managed to only make 5 appearances for St George in 2018 and mainly featured for the Intrust Super Premiership NSW side instead.

2019

Host made a total of 17 appearances for St George in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished second last on the table. [13] [14]

2020

Host scored his first try of the 2020 NRL season in round 16 during a 14-10 loss against the Gold Coast at Kogarah Oval. [15]

In October 2020, Host signed a three-year contract with South Sydney. [16]

2021

Host made his club debut for South Sydney in round 1 of the 2021 NRL season against Melbourne 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. [17] Host played a total of 21 games for South Sydney in the 2021 NRL season including the club's 2021 NRL Grand Final defeat against Penrith. [18]

2022

Host was limited to only eight appearances for South Sydney in the 2022 NRL season. Host did not feature in any of South Sydney's finals matches as they reached the preliminary final before losing to Penrith. [19]

2023

On 30 March, Host signed a two-year contract extension to remain at Souths until the end of 2025. [20] Host played a total of 17 games for Souths in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 9th on the table and missed the finals. [21]

Statistics

*stats correct as of round 12 2023 [22]

YearTeamGamesTriesPts
2016 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 814
20171114
20185
20191714
20201028
2021 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2114
20228
202313312
Totals93936

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