1. Jai Arrow was born on 12 July 1995 and is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower, lock and prop for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
21 Facts About Jai Arrow
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Jai Arrow previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
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Jai Arrow has represented the Prime Minister's XIII and the Queensland Maroons in the State of Origin series.
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Jai Arrow played his junior rugby league for Palm Beach State Primary winning the Metropolitan Cup.
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Jai Arrow attended Keebra Park State High School in Southport, Queensland.
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From 2012 to 2015, Arrow played for the Brisbane Broncos' National Youth Competition team.
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In 2016, Jai Arrow graduated to the Broncos' Queensland Cup team, Norths Devils.
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Jai Arrow played 10 matches for the Brisbane in the 2017 NRL season.
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Jai Arrow made a total of 17 appearances for the Gold Coast in the 2019 NRL season as the club endured a horror year on the field finishing last.
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On 7 October, Jai Arrow was named in the Australian side for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.
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On 24 December, Jai Arrow signed a $3.2 million, four-year contract to play for South Sydney starting in 2021.
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Jai Arrow played 18 games for the Gold Coast in the 2020 NRL season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed the finals.
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Jai Arrow played a total of 23 games for South Sydney in the 2021 NRL season including the club's 2021 NRL Grand Final defeat against Penrith.
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Jai Arrow was taken off in the first half of the game after being hit in a high tackle by Penrith's Viliame Kikau.
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Jai Arrow took no further part in the second half of the game after failing a head injury assessment.
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Jai Arrow played 26 games for South Sydney in the 2022 NRL season including all three of the club's finals matches as they reached the preliminary final for a fifth straight season.
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Jai Arrow played a total of 14 games in the 2023 NRL season as South Sydney finished 9th on the table and missed the finals.
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Jai Arrow only managed to make eleven appearances for South Sydney in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished second last on the table.
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In November 2020, Jai Arrow was fined for contrary conduct after slamming New South Wales captain James Tedesco, who was concussed, to the ground during a 2020 State of Origin series match.
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Jai Arrow later apologized, stating he was unaware of Tedesco's condition at the time.
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On 7 July 2021, Jai Arrow was fined $35,000 by the NRL and suspended from playing in game 3 of the 2021 State of Origin series for Queensland after breaking the code's strict Covid-19 bio security protocols.