Jake Marketo

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Jake Marketo
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Personal information
Born (1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 33)
Wollongong, New South Wales Australia
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Second-row, Lock, Hooker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2010–17 St. George Illawarra 5250020
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017 City NSW 10000
Rugby union
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017–18 Timișoara Saracens
Source: [1] [2]
As of 4 March 2018

Jake Marketo (born 17 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Intrust Super Cup. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. Marketo also had a short stint playing rugby union for the Timișoara Saracens in the SuperLiga CEC Bank in Romania. He primarily plays as a lock or second-row but can also play at hooker

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Early life

Born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Marketo is the son of former Balmain Tigers player Michael Marketo. He played his junior rugby league for Holy Cross Rhinos. [3]

Playing career

Rugby league

Marketo made his NRL debut for the Dragons in round 11 of the 2010 NRL season, coming off the bench in a 22–14 loss at home to the Canberra Raiders.

Marketo just played one NRL game for the Dragons in 2017 and was axed from the Dragons squad at the end of the year.

Rugby Union

Marketo signed with Romanian rugby union club Timișoara Saracens in November 2017. [4] [5] He played as a centre.

Return To Rugby League

After a few weeks training for the Timișoara Saracens, Marketo decided to return to Australia. He signed with the Townsville Blackhawks for the 2018 season.

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References

  1. ↑ "Jake Marketo". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ "dragons.com.au profile". Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Walshaw, Nick (3 May 2017). "Jake Marketo's surprise journey from NRL reserves to rep honours". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Nathan (15 November 2017). "NRL Market Watch: Dragon makes bizarre rugby switch, Titans Roosters sign young gun". Fox Sports. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Former Dragon Marketo running around in Romanian rugby". Sporting News. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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