Jacob Selmes
Encyclopedia
Jacob Selmes is an Australia
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player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League
competition. His position of choice is at prop-forward.
In the 2006 pre-season Selmes was involved in an altercation with fellow team mate Hutch Maiava
, resulting in Selmes requiring twelve stitches after being punched in the head. http://www.leagueunlimited.com//team/article.asp?team=Sharks&sport=NRL&ID=9528 As a result Maiava was suspended until mid-season and fined for his actions. Selmes made his fist grade debut for the Sharks against Penrith on March 17, 2007 and he's expected to perform well in his first grade career.
Selmes was awarded the Sharks Rookie of the Year in 2007.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
competition. His position of choice is at prop-forward.
In the 2006 pre-season Selmes was involved in an altercation with fellow team mate Hutch Maiava
Hutch Maiava
Hutch Maiava, born 26 October 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand is a Samoan rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. Maiva's position of choice is at .-Playing career:...
, resulting in Selmes requiring twelve stitches after being punched in the head. http://www.leagueunlimited.com//team/article.asp?team=Sharks&sport=NRL&ID=9528 As a result Maiava was suspended until mid-season and fined for his actions. Selmes made his fist grade debut for the Sharks against Penrith on March 17, 2007 and he's expected to perform well in his first grade career.
Selmes was awarded the Sharks Rookie of the Year in 2007.
Career highlights
- Junior Club: Port Macquarie Sharks
- First Grade Debut: Mar 17th 2007 V Penrith