Jason Ferris
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| Born | 6 July 1976 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Ferris (born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for six clubs between 1996 and 2005. He played at either halfback or five-eighth. He made his debut in 1996 for the Canberra Raiders in the round 3 match against Parramatta.[1]
In November 2009, Ferris was assaulted by two men at Glen Innes and required corrective facial surgery after the attack.[2] In 2010 Ferris was sentenced to at least 13 months in jail after he was convicted of stealing $7,500 from his former employers, the Criterion Hotel in Gundagai, in October 2009.[3] He was also charged with a mid-range drink driving offence and two offences of driving with a disqualified license. On appeal, he had his sentence downgraded.[4]
References
- ^ "Jason Ferris Statistics". stats.rleague.com. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Two accused in Jason Ferris bashing". The Daily Examiner. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Former Sea Eagle jailed". The Manly Daily. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Ferris has sentence slashed". The Daily Advertiser. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.