1. Jamie Soward was born on 13 November 1984 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, and the former head-coach of St George Illawarra Dragons Women in the NRLW.
34 Facts About Jamie Soward
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Jamie Soward spent time in England where he played in two different spells for the London Broncos, playing in the Super League and the Kingstone Press Championship.
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Jamie Soward then moved to play with the Sydney Roosters Jersey Flegg side where he helped the club win the 2004 premiership with two last-ditch field goals.
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Jamie Soward played in 7 matches, and scored 2 tries, in his debut year for the Roosters.
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Jamie Soward finished the 2006 NRL season with him playing in 14 matches, scoring four tries and kicking a goal for the Sydney Roosters.
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Jamie Soward played in the 2006 NSW Cup grand final for Newtown who were the Sydney Roosters feeder club at the time against Parramatta.
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One week after he was released from the Sydney Roosters, Jamie Soward made his club debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons in round 12, playing against the Brisbane Broncos at Oki Jubilee Stadium.
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Jamie Soward played in 14 matches, scored seven tries, kicked 38 goals and kicked a field goal in his first year as a St George player, after making a successful move from the Sydney Roosters midseason.
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On 16 May 2008, Jamie Soward extended his contract with the St George Illawarra until the end of the 2010 season.
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Jamie Soward finished the 2008 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches, scoring five tries, kicking 54 goals and a field goal for the Dragons.
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Jamie Soward finished the 2009 season with the second most Dally M votes and was named the Dally M five-eighth of the year.
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Jamie Soward had played in 26 matches, scored 12 tries, kicked 90 goals and six field goals for St George in 2009.
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On 13 February 2010, Jamie Soward was selected for the inaugural Indigenous All Stars team against the NRL All Stars at Cbus Super Stadium.
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On 8 March 2010, Jamie Soward re-signed with the Dragons until the end of the 2013 season.
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Jamie Soward set up the first try of the game for Mark Gasnier with a precision kick into the in-goal and his goal kicking proved a major factor in the result as he slotted 6 from 7, including two memorable shots from the touchline into driving rain.
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Jamie Soward played 26 matches, scored 6 tries, kicked 84 goals and kicked five field goals in a very successful year for Jamie Soward and St George Illawarra in the 2010 NRL season.
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On 13 January 2011, Jamie Soward was named in the "Blues in waiting" squad.
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On 15 May 2011, Jamie Soward was selected to represent the New South Wales Blues as a five-eighth against the Queensland Maroons in game one of the 2011 State of Origin series, at Suncorp Stadium.
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Jamie Soward played in 23 matches, scored four tries, kicked 68 goals and five field goals during the 2011 NRL season.
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Jamie Soward played in 20 matches, scored two tries, kicked 43 goals and kicked three field goals for St George Illawarra in the 2012 NRL season.
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Two weeks later, on 17 June 2013, Jamie Soward, after being denied a release to join Penrith by the St George club, signed with the London Broncos in the Super League for the rest of the 2013 season after a falling out with Dragons coach Steve Price.
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Jamie Soward played in 12 matches, scored 3 tries, kicked 21 goals and 4 field goals in his final year with a seven-year stint for St George Illawarra in the 2013 NRL season before moving to the London Broncos.
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In February 2014, Jamie Soward was selected in the Panthers inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.
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Jamie Soward capped off a brilliant season in his first year with Panthers with him playing in 25 matches, scoring seven tries, kicking 63 goals and a field goal.
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Jamie Soward was reportedly angry that Ryan had made fun of his voice and the way that he talked as the player has a lisp.
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Jamie Soward finished the season playing in 16 matches and kicking 22 goals.
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On 10 October 2015, rumours were floating around about Jamie Soward was set be released from the Penrith club but these were dismissed by Jamie Soward.
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In early December, Jamie Soward gave himself a 12-month ultimatum: vowing to walk away from the game if he didn't return to his best in the 2016 season.
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On 30 June 2016, Jamie Soward was released from his Penrith contract mid-way through the season and he re-joined the London Broncos.
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On 15 July 2016, Jamie Soward taunted former NRL player Beau Ryan on social media after Ryan had done another skit on The Footy Show making fun of Jamie Soward.
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On 7 November 2016, Jamie Soward announced his retirement, ending a 14-year professional career.
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Jamie Soward played in 12 matches, scored 1 try and kicked 32 goals for the Penrith Panthers in the 2016 NRL season.
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In 2019, Jamie Soward joined the 2GB Continuous Call Team program as one of the co-commentators for the Saturday night matches.
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On 2 September 2024 it was announced that Jamie Soward had been let go as the coach of the NRLW squad after being told the option in his contract would not be activated.