Jake Granville was born on 7 February 1989 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a utility forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
29 Facts About Jake Granville
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Jake Granville is one of only two players in the NRL era to have started at both fullback and front row, the first being Matt Adamson.
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Jake Granville played his junior football for Rockhampton Brothers and attended St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Rockhampton and St Brendan's College, Yeppoon, before being signed by the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
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Jake Granville played for Wynnum's Colts side in 2007, and in 2008, made his Queensland Cup debut for the club.
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In 2009, Jake Granville joined the Brisbane Broncos, playing for their NYC team before moving back to Wynnum Manly in 2010.
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At Wynnum, Jake Granville helped the Seagulls to consecutive Grand Final victories in 2011 and 2012, being named man of the match in 2011, and representing Queensland Residents in 2012.
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Jake Granville re-joined the Brisbane Broncos in 2013, on a one-year deal.
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On 22 July 2014, Jake Granville signed a two-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys, linking up with his former Wynnum Manly coach Paul Green.
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In Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season, Jake Granville earned a spot on the North Queensland bench, beating Ray Thompson and Lachlan Coote as Paul Green's preferred utility option.
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Jake Granville set up Justin O'Neill and James Tamou for the Cowboys' first two tries of the match and was a candidate to win the Clive Churchill Medal, which eventually went to co-captain Johnathan Thurston.
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Jake Granville finished runner-up in the Cowboys Player of the Year voting, just falling one point short to co-captain Johnathan Thurston.
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On 27 November, Jake Granville extended his contract with the Cowboys to the end of 2018.
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On 1 October, Jake Granville started at hooker in North Queensland's 2017 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm.
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Jake Granville finished the 2017 season having playing 24 games, starting all at hooker, and scoring four tries.
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Jake Granville played all 24 games for the Cowboys in 2018, starting at hooker in every game and scoring one try.
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Jake Granville extended his contract with the Cowboys until the end of 2021 Season.
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In February, Jake Granville was a member of the Cowboys' 2020 NRL Nines winning squad.
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Jake Granville started the 2020 season as the Cowboys' starting hooker but was dropped in favour of Reece Robson, following the club's Round 4 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
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Jake Granville returned to the side in Round 13, playing just four more games, all off the bench.
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Jake Granville finished the season having played just eight games, his lowest total since joining the Cowboys in 2015.
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In Round 17, Jake Granville played his 150th first grade game for North Queensland.
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Jake Granville became the 16th player in the club's history to do so.
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In Round 19, Jake Granville started at Fullback for the first time in his career finishing the game with 80m run metres and a try assist.
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Jake Granville played 14 games for North Queensland in the 2022 NRL season which all came from the interchange bench as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals.
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Jake Granville did not play in either of North Queensland's finals matches which saw them reach the preliminary final before being defeated by Parramatta.
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Jake Granville played 24 matches for North Queensland in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table.
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Jake Granville was inducted as a life member of the North Queensland club, and played his 200th game for them in round 5.
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Jake Granville was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a biceps injury.
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Jake Granville is engaged to Zoe Hunt, the sister of his former Brisbane Broncos teammate Ben Hunt.