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35 Facts About Jackson Hastings

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Jackson Hastings was born on 4 January 1996 and is a Great Britain international rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

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Jackson Hastings previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Sydney Roosters and the Wests Tigers in the NRL, and the Salford Red Devils and the Wigan Warriors in the Super League.

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Jackson Hastings played his junior football for the Western Suburbs Red Devils before being signed by the St George Illawarra Dragons.

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In 2012 and 2013, Jackson Hastings played for the New South Wales Under 16s and Under 18s teams respectively.

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In 2013, Jackson Hastings played for the St George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team, and was selected for the Australian Schoolboys.

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Jackson Hastings played 47 games, scored 14 tries, kicked 195 goals and 1 field goal for 447 points in his U20s career from 2013 to 2016 with both the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters.

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On 27 August 2013, Jackson Hastings signed with the Sydney Roosters on a 3-year contract, rejecting offers from St George Illawarra, North Queensland Cowboys and Newcastle Knights.

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Jackson Hastings played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2014.

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In round 26 of the 2014 NRL season, Jackson Hastings made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

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On 2 May 2015, Jackson Hastings played for the Junior Kangaroos against Junior Kiwis.

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On 8 July 2015, Jackson Hastings played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team.

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In 2015, Jackson Hastings was a regular in the Sydney Roosters team as they won the Minor Premiership.

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Jackson Hastings played in the clubs preliminary final loss to Brisbane.

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In 2016, Jackson Hastings had an indifferent year at the club as they struggled on the field.

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In November 2016, Jackson Hastings was released from the final year of his contract.

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In December 2016, Jackson Hastings signed a two-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2017.

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At the start of the 2018 season, Jackson Hastings was involved in a well publicised falling out with fellow Manly player Daly Cherry-Evans and coach Trent Barrett.

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Jackson Hastings was banished to reserve grade to play for Blacktown Workers and told he would be moved on by the club.

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On 26 June 2018, Jackson Hastings was released from the remainder of his contract with Manly.

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On 12 July 2018, Jackson Hastings signed a two-year deal to join British side the Salford Red Devils.

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On 8 July 2019, Jackson Hastings was announced to have signed a 2-year deal with Super League side Wigan, effective from the start of the 2020 season.

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On 6 October 2019, Jackson Hastings won the Man of Steel award after being voted as the Super League's best player during the Super League XXIV season.

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Jackson Hastings joined Wigan ahead of the 2020 Super League season.

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On 19 April 2021 Jackson Hastings signed a two-year deal to join NRL side the Wests Tigers starting in 2022.

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In round 6, Jackson Hastings helped the Wests Tigers to their first win of the 2022 season, kicking a 38 metre field goal to break a 20-all deadlock against Parramatta with seconds left remaining in the match.

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On 31 July 2022, Jackson Hastings was ruled out for the remainder of the 2022 NRL season after suffering a broken ankle in Wests Tigers upset victory over Brisbane.

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In November 2022, Jackson Hastings was released from the final year of his Wests Tigers contract and signed a three-year deal with the Newcastle Knights.

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Jackson Hastings made 22 appearances for Newcastle in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 5th on the table.

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Jackson Hastings played in the clubs elimination final victory over Canberra but missed the following week against the New Zealand Warriors in which Newcastle's season was ended.

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The camera was panning to some of the NSW Cup players from Newcastle who were watching the first grade team play when Voss commented that one of the players was Jackson Hastings who appeared to be sleeping on the hill.

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Jackson Hastings took to his twitter account posting "Unsure who is commenting our game but to make a false statement about me sleeping on the hill when I am in the grandstand watching the game is ridiculous but not surprising to go with multiple lies told over the last few weeks".

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Jackson Hastings played 16 matches for Newcastle in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished 8th and qualified for the finals.

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Jackson Hastings was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere.

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Jackson Hastings made his Great Britain test debut in the defeat by Tonga.

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Jackson Hastings is the son of Megan Harrod and former Sydney Roosters player Kevin Jackson Hastings.