1. Jack Bird is a New South Wales State of Origin, Country Origin, Prime Minister's XIII and Indigenous All Stars representative.
21 Facts About Jack Bird
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Jack Bird was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian descent.
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Jack Bird played his junior rugby league for the Berkeley Eagles, before being signed by the St George Illawarra Dragons.
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In 2013 and 2014, Jack Bird played for the St George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team playing 37 games and scoring 15 tries for 60 points.
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On 18 September 2014 Jack Bird signed a two-year contract with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks starting in 2015.
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On 31 January and 1 February 2015, Jack Bird played for Cronulla-Sutherland in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.
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On 28 September 2015, at the 2015 Dally M Awards night, Jack Bird was named the Dally M Rookie of the Year after playing in 23 matches and scoring 8 tries for Cronulla.
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On 15 January 2016, Jack Bird re-signed with Cronulla-Sutherland on a one-year contract.
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In February 2016, Jack Bird played for the Sharks in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.
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Jack Bird finished his successful 2016 NRL season with him playing in 26 matches and scoring 6 tries for Cronulla-Sutherland.
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In February 2017, Jack Bird was selected in the Sharks 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad.
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Jack Bird finished his last year with Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks with him playing in 17 matches and scoring 3 tries in the 2017 NRL season.
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When Jack Bird arrived in Brisbane he had an existing shoulder injury that he suffered at the end of the 2017 season and Broncos coach Wayne Bennett claimed that the Sharks did not disclose the full extent of his injury before his move, the Broncos were only aware of his injury by Jack Bird himself and that he needed surgery that would've ruled him out for till at least Round 4.
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Jack Bird would have a horror 2018 NRL season, only playing in 8 matches for the Broncos because of his shoulder and sternum injuries were still ongoing during the year.
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On 11 March, Jack Bird was ruled out for the entire 2020 NRL season after suffering an ACL injury at pre-season training.
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Jack Bird took to Instagram saying "People who know me know how hard I have worked to get to the stage I was at leading into this season, and with that, I'm truly heartbroken that I have to start this process all over again".
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Jack Bird played a total of 22 matches for St George Illawarra as the club finished 11th on the table and missed out on the finals.
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Jack Bird played 23 games for St George Illawarra in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 10th on the table and missed the finals.
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On 9 September, Jack Bird signed a two-year deal to join the Wests Tigers starting in the 2025 NRL season.
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In round 1 of the 2025 NRL season, Jack Bird made his club debut for the Wests Tigers against Newcastle.
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On 5 July 2021, Jack Bird was fined $25,000 by the NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game's Covid-19 biosecurity protocols when he attended a party along with 12 other St George Illawarra players at Paul Vaughan's property.