Jake Schatz
| Birth name | Jake Schatz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Springwood, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | ACGS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jake Schatz (born 25 July 1990 in Springwood, Queensland) is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays as flanker or Number 8 for London Irish. Schatz made his debut for the Reds during the 2010 Super 14 season.[1] He was educated at John Paul College (Brisbane) and the Anglican Church Grammar School.[2]
Jake was selected as the 2008 QLD Premier Colts player of the year. He captained Sunnybank to the 2008 QLD Premier Colts premiership.[3]
Jake toured with the 2008 QLD Reds development squad on their end of season trip to Ireland and France.
Jake was named captain of the Australian U20 team for the 2010 Junior World Championships in Argentina.[4]
Jake was awarded the QLD Reds 2010 Rookie Of The Year prize.[5]
On 5 June, 2017 it was announced that Schatz had signed for London Irish in the English Premiership.[6]
References
- ^ "Jake Schatz". Queensland Rugby. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- ^ "Rugby". www.redsrugby.com.au. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ rugby.com.au ml/news/archive/section/21893 http://www.rugby.com.au/news/under_20s/2010/schatz_named_australian_under20s_captain,138975.ht ml/news/archive/section/21893. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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- ^ "NEW SIGNING: London Irish snap up Australian international". London Irish. London Irish Scottish Richmond Ltd. Retrieved 5 June 2017.