Garry Jack was born on 14 March 1961 and is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach.
12 Facts About Garry Jack
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Garry Jack was a representative in the Australian national team and star player with the Balmain Tigers.
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Garry Jack represented the New South Wales State of Origin team on 17 occasions.
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Garry Jack commenced his first grade career with Western Suburbs Magpies in 1981.
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Garry Jack was member of the consecutive Balmain teams which fell at the final hurdle to firstly Canterbury-Bankstown in the 1988 Grand Final and then to Canberra in 1989.
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Garry Jack was thereafter the Blues' first choice fullback for the next six years, aside from the 1987 fourth game exhibition match in Los Angeles when he made himself unavailable, and game I of 1988 when Cronulla's Jonathon Docking was preferred.
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Garry Jack made 17 appearances for New South Wales in State of Origin series between 1984 and 1989.
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Garry Jack played twenty successive Tests as well as the 1988 World Cup Final against New Zealand and the Bicentenary International against a Rest of the World team.
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Garry Jack became the first Australian fullback to score three tries in a Test against France in the second Test.
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On 20 July 1988, Garry Jack played for Australia in their record 62-point win over Papua New Guinea, scoring a try.
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Since retiring Garry Jack began learning martial arts and holds a Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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In July 2016, it was reported Kieren Garry Jack had a falling out with his parents.