Jeremy Latimore

Jeremy Latimore
Latimore playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2008
Personal information
Born (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Parramatta Eels 7 0 0 0 0
2010–11 New Zealand Warriors 24 2 0 0 8
2012 St. George Illawarra 14 0 0 0 0
2013–16 Penrith Panthers 75 3 0 0 12
2017– Cronulla Sharks 0 0 0 0 0
Total 120 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
As of 10 July 2016
Source: Rugby League Project

Jeremy Latimore (born 8 December 1986) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays prop.[1] He is of Ngāi Tahu descent.

Playing career

Born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Latimore played his junior football for the Port Macquarie Sharks before being signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He played for the Sharks' Premier League team in 2006[2] before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. In Round 11 of the 2009 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Eels against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. After playing 7 games for the Eels that year, he signed with the New Zealand Warriors.

Latimore played in 24 games for the Warriors over 2010 and 2011, scoring 2 tries before signing a 1-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2012.[3]

Latimore joined the Dragons in the off-season and started the year off as a starting player in the Dragons line-up for Round 1 against the Newcastle Knights.

On 2 August 2012, Latimore signed a 2-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2013 after having a career best year for the Dragons in 2012.[4]

On 15 May 2015, it was announced that Latimore would be extending his stay with the Panthers for a further two seasons until the end of 2017. [5] On 26 September 2015, he played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.[6]

References

  1. "Ngāi Tahu". Morebooks.de. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. "News Article". Nrl.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  3. "Penrith Panthers Sign Jeremy Latimore From St. George Illawarra on Two Year Deal". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. "Panthers re-sign duo". National Rugby League. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

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