Jamal Fogarty

Jamal Fogarty (born 13 December 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or halfback for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL.

Jamal Fogarty
Fogarty playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2017.
Personal information
Born (1993-12-13) 13 December 1993
Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Gold Coast Titans 20 3 9 0 30
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Indigenous All Stars 0 0 0 0 0
As of 18 November 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Fogarty was born in Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian descent.[2]

He played his junior rugby league for the Beaudesert Kingfishers, before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans.

Playing career

Early career

In October 2011, Fogarty played for the Australian Schoolboys.[3] In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team,[4] before graduating to their Queensland Cup team, Tweed Heads Seagulls in 2014.[5] In 2016, he joined Queensland Cup team Burleigh Bears.[6] He was a member of the Burleigh Bears 2016 Queensland Cup winning side, defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins in the final.[7] In November 2016, he signed a one-year contract with the Parramatta Eels, starting in 2017.[8]

2017

In June, after spending the season so far playing for Eels' feeder club, Wentworthville Magpies, Fogarty was granted a release mid-season to return to the Burleigh Bears.[9] He signed a contract with the Titans[10] and just under a fortnight after being released by the Eels, he made his NRL debut for the Titans in round 16 of the 2017 NRL season against the Wests Tigers.[11][12]

2018

Fogarty made no appearances for Gold Coast Titans in 2018 and spent the entire year playing for the Burleigh Bears making 17 appearances in total.[13]

2019

In 2019, Fogarty rejoined the Burleigh Bears full-time, starting at halfback in their Grand Final win over the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.[14][15] On 27 September, Fogarty won the Petero Civoniceva Medal at the QRL awards.[16]

2020

On 7 March, Fogarty signed with the Gold Coast Titans on a two-year deal.[17] In round 9 2020, Fogarty scored his first points in the top grade by kicking a conversion in the 16-12 win over New Zealand Warriors. In round 15, Fogarty was named as the captain of the team in the absence of Kevin Proctor. In the same match, Fogarty was chased down by Canberra forward Josh Papalii after seemingly running away to score a try. Following the game, Fogarty spoke to media saying "I was very embarrassed. I've been copping a lot of text messages from people so I think I might throw my phone in the bin after the last couple of days".

The following week, Fogarty scored the winning try as the Gold Coast defeated St. George 14-10 at Kogarah Oval.[18][19]

2021

On 2 February, Fogarty was named at halfback in the Indigenous All Stars team to play the New Zealand Māori at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.

Achievements and accolades

Individual

References
  1. "Jamal Fogarty - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. sixtiesboy (9 May 2017). "NRL Indigenous Round – Recognising Eels Aboriginal Heritage". The Cumberland Throw. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. jgass (19 May 2014). "Tweed Heads Seagulls notch up another win in Intrust Cup". Northern Star. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. "Burleigh Bears half Jamal Fogarty set to score most points in Queensland Cup 2016 season". Goldcoastbulletin.com.au. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. "Bears First Grand Final Victory in Twelve Years! « Burleigh Bears". www.burleighbears.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  8. "Parramatta Eels announce signings for the 2017 squad". Zero Tackle. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  9. "Eels release Jamal Fogarty". Zero Tackle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  10. Ready to SELL your property? Post Your Ad Here! (14 June 2017). "Decimated Titans could turn to rookie half". Northern Star. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. "Updated team lists: Wests Tigers v Titans". NRL.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  12. NRL Digital Media. "NRL LATE MAIL: Tigers v". Titans. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  13. "Official Intrust Super Cup profile of Jamal Fogarty for Burleigh Bears". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  14. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/09/27/the-wise-ways-of-burleigh-half-jamal-fogarty/
  15. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/11/21/2019-year-in-review-burleigh-bears/
  16. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/09/27/fogarty-fires-to-win-petero-civoniceva-medal/
  17. https://www.titans.com.au/news/2020/03/07/jamal-fogarty-joins-titans-on-two-year-deal/
  18. "Fogarty's Papa grief: 'I might throw my phone in the bin'". www.nrl.com.
  19. "Brisbane Broncos handed 58-12 NRL loss by Sydney Roosters as Gold Coast beats Dragons". www.abc.net.au.
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