Robert Jennings (rugby league)

Robert Jennings (born 2 January 1996) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and centre for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

Rob Jennings
Personal information
Full nameRobert Jennings
Born (1996-01-02) 2 January 1996
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Penrith Panthers 5 1 0 0 4
2017–18 South Sydney 34 24 0 0 96
2019–20 Wests Tigers 23 8 0 0 32
2021– Penrith Panthers 3 0 0 0 0
Total 65 33 0 0 132
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Tonga 1 1 0 0 4
As of 1 Aug 2021
Source: [1]

He previously played for the Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

Background

Jennings was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia to Tongan-born parents. He is also of Fijian and English descent. Jennings is the younger brother of former Parramatta Eels player Michael Jennings and Melbourne Storm player George Jennings,[2] and nephew of 1960s All Black Arthur Jennings.

He played his junior football for the Western City Tigers & Minchinbury Jets, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Playing career

Early career

In 2014, Jennings played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[3] In November and December 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[4] In 2015, he moved on to the Panthers' New South Wales Cup team.[5]

2015

In round 7 of the 2015 NRL season, Jennings made his NRL debut for Penrith against the Gold Coast Titans.[6] On 2 May 2015, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against Junior Kiwis.[7] On 8 July 2015, he played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team.[8] At the time, he was contracted with Penrith until the end of 2016.[9]

2016

Jennings was named in Penrith's squad for the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.[10]

After not receiving any game time in the 2016 NRL season, Jennings signed a one-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2017.[11] In September, he was named at centre in the 2016 NYC Team of the Year.[12]

2017

Jennings was named in South Sydney's squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. He made his South Sydney debut against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in round 2, scoring a try and setting one up for teammate Robbie Farah.[13]

2018

In round 3 of the 2018 NRL season, Jennings scored his first hat trick try for South Sydney in the 34-6 win over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at ANZ Stadium. In round 14 he scored 4 tries in the club's 42-24 smashing of the Parramatta Eels at ANZ Stadium. Jennings finished off the 2018 season with 19 tries. Jennings played in all three of the club's finals games including the 12-4 preliminary final loss against arch rivals Sydney Roosters.

Jennings playing for the Tigers in 2019

2019

On 21 February Jennings signed a two-year deal with the Wests Tigers after he was released by South Sydney.[14]

Jennings made a total of 18 appearances for the Wests Tigers in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed out on the finals.[15][16]

2020

On 28 September, Jennings was one of eight players who were released by the Wests Tigers.[17]

2021

On 30 October 2020, Jennings returned to Penrith on a one-year deal.

References
  1. "Robert Jennings - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. "NRL 2015 season: Penrith Panthers young gun George Jennings on growing up in Michael's shadow". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. "Round 16 v Warriors - Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. "Robert Jennings picked for the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. "VB NSW CUP TEAMS ROUND 1". NSWRL.com.au. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. "NRL TEAM LIST - Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. "PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "Jennings brothers follow Michael's footsteps". NRL.com. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. "2016 Downer NRL Auckland Nines Official Squads". NRL. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  11. "Rabbitohs sign four up-and-coming players". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  12. "2016 Holden Cup Team of the Year announced". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. "2017 Auckland Nines squads: Every player named for the tournament". The Roar. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  14. "Wests Tigers sign Robert Jennings after Rabbitohs release". www.nrl.com.
  15. "Ruled out, Farah gets last-minute call-up after warm-up injury". NRL.
  16. "Robbie Farah's cryptic chat with Paul Gallen ahead of Leichhardt Oval showdown". WWOS.
  17. "Tigers show EIGHT players the door as Madge cleans house after another miserable season". www.foxsports.com.au.
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