Jake Shorrocks

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Jake Shorrocks
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Personal information
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 (age 30)
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight12 st 11 lb (81 kg)
Playing information
Position Scrum-half, Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015–20 Wigan Warriors 2928024
2015(loan)→ Workington Town 30204
2016(loan)→ Swinton Lions 10000
2018(loan)→ Salford Red Devils 110204
2019(loan)→ Swinton Lions 30000
2021–22 Newcastle Thunder 30536092
2023– Toulouse Olympique 7092881613
Total147163361737
Source: [1] [2]
As of 7 October 2025

Jake Shorrocks (born 26 October 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for the Toulouse Olympique in the Championship. [3]

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Background

Shorrocks was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.He attended Standish High School playing in a year 7 national final at Wembley. He played his amateur rugby for Wigan St Patrick’s before signing for Wigan Warriors scholarship

Playing career

Wigan Warriors

He played 29 times in the super league over a 5 year period. Made his debut against Widnes in 2016 and helped play a prominent role in the lead up to Wigan’s 2016 grand final win playing in the semi final against Hull FC. The following year he injured his ACL and managed to come back and feature several more times over the coming years at his hometown club. He has spent time on loan from Wigan at Workington Town and Swinton Lions [4] in the Championship, and Salford Red Devils in the Super League. [5]

Newcastle Thunder

On 22 December 2020 it was announced that Shorrocks would leave Wigan at the end of the 2020 season to join Newcastle Thunder with team-mate Josh Woods. [6]

Toulouse Olympique

In November 2022, Shorrocks joined the Championship club Toulouse Olympique [7] after their relegation from the Super League. [8] Shorrocks was the division's leading regular season goalscorer in 2023, ahead of Sheffield's Cory Aston, and scored the second-highest points tally, [9] behind Aston. The star scrum half would lead Toulouse to 2 grand finals in consecutive years ultimately losing both to London and Wakefield respectively. In the 2025 RFL Championship grand final, Shorrocks kicked all five goals for Toulouse as they defeated York 10-8. [10]

References

  1. ↑ loverugbyleague
  2. ↑ Rugby League Project
  3. ↑ "Shorrocks backed to be 'future half'". Wigan Today. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Wilkinson, Philip (8 July 2019). "Jake Shorrocks Among Five Warriors to Play for Swinton". Wigan Today. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jake Shorrocks joins Salford Red Devils on loan from Wigan Warriors". Sky Sports. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Newcastle bring in Jake Shorrocks from Wigan". Love Rugby League. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Gordon, James (18 November 2022). "Toulouse swoop for former Wigan half-back". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Super League: Toulouse Olympique 14 - 24 Catalans Dragons". BBC. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Leading try, goal and point scorers in Super League, Championship and League One". 26 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sylvain Houles 'proud' as Toulouse beat York Knights in Grand Final". www.yorkpress.co.uk.
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