Jharal Yow Yeh
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Jharal Yow Yeh is an Australian professional rugby league
footballer for the Brisbane Broncos
of the National Rugby League
(NRL). An Indigenous All Stars representative three-quarter back, he has played his entire club football career to date with the Broncos, and is the great-nephew of former Balmain Tigers
player Kevin Yow Yeh
.In 2011 he made his State of Origin debut for the Queensland Maroons. He scored on debut for both Queensland and Australia.
. He is of Torres Strait Islander, Vanuatu
an and Chinese
descent. He is the great-nephew of former Balmain Tigers
player Kevin Yow Yeh
, who died before he was born. Yow Yeh attended Ferny Grove State High School
, where he finished his senior education in 2006.
After graduating from school Yow Yeh played junior football for West Arana Hills and Norths Devils
. He played in the Under-20s for the Brisbane Broncos
and was named in the 2008 National Youth Competition's team of the year.
debut for the Brisbane Broncos
at Suncorp Stadium
in the 2009 NRL season's Round 1 clash with the North Queensland Cowboys
.
Yow Yeh was named in the Indigenous All Stars team 2010, but through the game injured his leg and missed five rounds of the 2010 season. He was also named as the queensland rugby league team
's 18th man for Game II of the 2010 State of Origin series
but was not needed to play.
In 2011, Yow Yeh's representative career was kick-started with being named in Mal Meninga
's 25-man QLD State of Origin
Squad, and also gaining a position in Tim Sheens
' Australian team, filling in for injured wingers Lote Tuqiri and Darius Boyd
. Yow Yeh was one of three debutants, the others being Kade Snowden
, replacing the selected David Shillington
, and Jamal Idris
, taking the spot of Panther Luke Lewis
. Yow Yeh will play this game with teammates Justin Hodges
, Darren Lockyer
, Sam Thaiday
and from the bench Ben Hannant
.
Yow Yeh made his debut for Queensland in Game I of the 2011 State of Origin series
, scoring a try; which was set-up by Cooper Cronk
.
On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards
dinner was held at the Tower of London
and Yow Yeh was named international rookie of the year.
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...
footballer for the Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
of 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...
(NRL). An Indigenous All Stars representative three-quarter back, he has played his entire club football career to date with the Broncos, and is the great-nephew of former Balmain Tigers
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
player Kevin Yow Yeh
Kevin Yow Yeh
Kevin Yow Yeh was an Australian rugby league player for the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition, his position of choice was on the wing. His great-nephew is current Brisbane Broncos player Jharal Yow Yeh.Yow Yeh began his career in Gladstone, and played for...
.In 2011 he made his State of Origin debut for the Queensland Maroons. He scored on debut for both Queensland and Australia.
Biography
Yow Yeh was born in 1989 in Emu Park, QueenslandEmu Park, Queensland
Emu Park is a small town located slightly south of Yeppoon in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emu Park had a population of 2,967.Home of the famous Singing Ship Monument, the Emu Park land area was first discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770. It overlooks the islands of Keppel Bay,...
. He is of Torres Strait Islander, Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
an and Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
descent. He is the great-nephew of former Balmain Tigers
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
player Kevin Yow Yeh
Kevin Yow Yeh
Kevin Yow Yeh was an Australian rugby league player for the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition, his position of choice was on the wing. His great-nephew is current Brisbane Broncos player Jharal Yow Yeh.Yow Yeh began his career in Gladstone, and played for...
, who died before he was born. Yow Yeh attended Ferny Grove State High School
Ferny Grove State High School
Ferny Grove State High School is a public high school in the suburb of Ferny Grove, in Brisbane, Australia.The school has 1476 students enrolled as of the end of 2010. In 2007, the school won the award for the most innovative music program in Queensland...
, where he finished his senior education in 2006.
After graduating from school Yow Yeh played junior football for West Arana Hills and Norths Devils
Norths Devils
The Northern Suburbs Devils, Norths for short, are a rugby league club representing the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. The team colours are sky blue, navy blue and gold. They play in the Queensland Wizard Cup, and, through their predecessors, are one of the oldest clubs in...
. He played in the Under-20s for the Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
and was named in the 2008 National Youth Competition's team of the year.
Professional playing career
Yow Yeh made his National Rugby LeagueNational 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...
debut for the Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...
in the 2009 NRL season's Round 1 clash with the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
.
Yow Yeh was named in the Indigenous All Stars team 2010, but through the game injured his leg and missed five rounds of the 2010 season. He was also named as the queensland rugby league team
Queensland rugby league team
The Queensland rugby league team have represented the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1908...
's 18th man for Game II of the 2010 State of Origin series
2010 State of Origin series
The 2010 State of Origin series was the 29th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches contested between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was played under 'State of Origin' selection rules...
but was not needed to play.
In 2011, Yow Yeh's representative career was kick-started with being named in Mal Meninga
Mal Meninga
Malcolm Norman Meninga AM is an Australian former rugby league test captain and current coach of Queensland's State of Origin team. As a player he was a legendary goal-kicking centre, counted amongst the finest footballers of the 20th century...
's 25-man QLD State of Origin
State of Origin
State of Origin is the name used in Australia for one existing sporting event which involves domestic representative teams. The term, when used in isolation, usually refers to rugby league football, and occassionally Australian Football matches, in which players are selected for the Australian...
Squad, and also gaining a position in Tim Sheens
Tim Sheens
Tim Sheens is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He currently coaches the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League and in 2009 was appointed coach of the Australian national team, the Kangaroos...
' Australian team, filling in for injured wingers Lote Tuqiri and Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. Boyd plays at fullback, however he is also very capable as a three-quarter back, as proven by his selection for Australia and Queensland as a winger...
. Yow Yeh was one of three debutants, the others being Kade Snowden
Kade Snowden
Kade Snowden is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at prop but started his first-grade career as a second-rower. He began his career at the Newcastle Knights and made his first grade debut...
, replacing the selected David Shillington
David Shillington
David Shillington is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League...
, and Jamal Idris
Jamal Idris
Jamal Dasuki Idris is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. A New South Wales State Of Origin representative, he has also played for the Indigenous Australian...
, taking the spot of Panther Luke Lewis
Luke Lewis
Luke Lewis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative utility player, he has spent his entire professional career with the Panthers,...
. Yow Yeh will play this game with teammates Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...
, Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011...
, Sam Thaiday
Sam Thaiday
Samuel H. "Sam" Thaiday is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he has spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006...
and from the bench Ben Hannant
Ben Hannant
Benjamin Hannant is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...
.
Yow Yeh made his debut for Queensland in Game I of the 2011 State of Origin series
2011 State of Origin series
The 2011 State of Origin series was the 30th annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams contested under "State of Origin" selection rules. Game I was played in Brisbane, Game II was played in Sydney and...
, scoring a try; which was set-up by Cooper Cronk
Cooper Cronk
Cooper Patrick Cronk is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Melbourne Storm of the NRL...
.
On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards
RLIF Awards
The Rugby League International Federation currently oversees and awards the major international sporting award for rugby league on an annual basis and has done so since its inception in 2004....
dinner was held at the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
and Yow Yeh was named international rookie of the year.
Playing statistics
| Season | Matches | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 9 | - | - | 36 |
| 2010 2010 Brisbane Broncos season The 2010 Brisbane Broncos season was the 23rd in the club's history, and they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. Before the start of the season, Brisbane's test centre Justin Hodges damaged an achilles heel tendon at training, ruling him out for the entire year... |
19 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
| 2011 2011 Brisbane Broncos season -Gains:-Losses:-Re-signings:-Pre-Season:-Regular Season:-Finals:-Statistics:Source: -Representative honours:The following players have played a representative match in 2011.Australian Kangaroos*Ben Hannant*Justin Hodges... |
23 | 14 | - | - | 56 |
| Total | 56 | 31 | - | - | 120 |