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| Full name | Jacob Mamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 (age 30) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jake Mamo (born 6 June 1994) is an Australian professionalrugby league footballer, who plays as acentre, winger orfullback for theMidlands Hurricanes in theRFL League 1.
He previously played for theNewcastle Knights in theNRL, andHuddersfield Giants,Warrington Wolves andCastleford Tigers in theSuper League. Mamo has spent time on dual registration fromWarrington at theWidnes Vikings in theChampionship.
Mamo was born inGosford, New South Wales,Australia, and is ofMaltese descent.[5]
He played his junior rugby league for theOurimbah Wyoming Magpies,St Edwards Bears andThe Entrance Tigers, before being signed by theNewcastle Knights.
At the end of 2012, Mamo won theBrian Carlson Club-Andrew Johns Medal as the Knights' best under-17 player.[6] In 2013 and 2014, he played for the Newcastle Knights'NYC team.[7] At the end of 2013, he won their NYC Players' Player of the Year award and re-signed with the Knights on a two-year contract.[6][8]
On 15 and 16 February, Mamo played for the Knights in the inauguralNRL Auckland Nines.[9] After Newcastle's regular wingerAkuila Uate suffered a knee injury, Mamo was selected to make hisNRL debut in Round 7 of the2014 NRL season against theBrisbane Broncos atHunter Stadium, playing on the wing in Newcastle's 32-6 loss.[10][11][12] On 3 May, he played for theNew South Wales under-20s team against theQueensland under-20s team and scored three tries in the 30-8 win, the first hat-trick ever to be scored in an under-20sState of Origin match, as well as winning theDarren Lockyer medal for Man of the Match.[13][14] In Round 14 against theSydney Roosters, he scored his first NRL career in Newcastle's 29-12 loss at theSydney Football Stadium.[15] On 2 September, he was named at fullback in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.[16] He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 7 matches and scoring 2 tries.[17] On 18 October, he played on the wing for theJunior Kangaroos against theJunior Kiwis atMt Smart Stadium, scoring a try in the Kangaroos' 14–15 loss.[18][19][20]
Mamo played for the Knights in the2015 NRL Auckland Nines.[21] He finished the tournament as equal top try-scorer with 4 tries alongsideSolomone Kata,Jack Bird,Justin O'Neill,Bryson Goodwin andMatt King.[22] On 8 May, he re-signed with Newcastle on a two-year contract.[23] He spent the first half of the season playing in Newcastle'sNew South Wales Cup team before earning a recall back to the first-grade team in Round 15 against theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[24] He scored a try in the match in which Newcastle later lost 30-28 at Hunter Stadium.[25] On 27 September, he played at fullback in the Knights'2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over theWyong Roos.[26][27] On 4 October, he played at fullback in the Knights'2015 NRL State Championship match againstQueensland Cup premiersIpswich Jets, where in the second half, he left the field concussed after being blindsided by a punch from Jets forward Billy McConnachie following a scuffle with Jets hookerMatt Parcell. The Knights went on to lose the match 26-12.[28][29] Mamo finished off the2015 season having played in nine matches and scoring four tries for Newcastle as the club finished last.[30]
In February, Mamo played for Newcastle in the2016 NRL Auckland Nines.[31] He finished the2016 season having played in 13 matches and scoring five tries. The club would finish last again in 2016 with all of Mamo's 13 games ending in defeat.[32] In December, he signed a two-year contract withSuper League sideHuddersfield Giants, after gaining a release from the final year of his Newcastle contract.[33][34]
In April 2017, Mamo made his debut for Huddersfield againstCatalans Dragons. After scoring a try, he went on to win Man of the Match, despite the team losing 29-22.[citation needed]
Mamo played 16 times for Huddersfield in 2018, scoring 5 tries. His last appearance for the Giants was in the 22-12 defeats at the home ifCatalan Dragons in September 2018.
In November 2018,Warrington Wolves announced the signing of Mamo on a one-year deal. His initial one-year deal with theWarrington Wolves was announced at the club's 2019 kit launch in November 2018.[citation needed]
Mamo made his first appearance for theWarrington Wolves in theRyan Atkins testimonial game against theWidnes Vikings, scoring ahat-trick in the process
He played in the2019 Challenge Cup Final victory overSt. Helens atWembley Stadium.[35]
Mamo played ten games for Warrington in the2020 Super League season as the club qualified for the playoffs but were eliminated in the first week byHull F.C.[citation needed]
In round 8 of the2021 Super League season, Mamo scored two tries for Warrington in a 62-18 victory over Salford.[36]
In round 12, Mamo scored ahat-trick in Warrington's 40-14 victory overWigan.[37]On 1 July, Mamo signed a three-year deal to join theCastleford Tigers starting in 2022.[38]
Mamo was given squad number 4 for Castleford, and made his first appearance for the club on 11 February against theSalford Red Devils.[39] He scored his first try for Castleford againstWigan on 17 March.[40]On 30 May, it was announced Mamo would miss two of Castleford's matches after he was granted compassionate leave to return to Australia.[41]
On 15 March,Castleford Tigers announced that Mamo had left the squad with immediate effect, and this was later confirmed to be due to a back injury.[42]On the same day, Mamo announced his retirement from rugby league.[43]
On 4 August it was reported he had come out of retirement to joinMidlands Hurricanes in theRFL League 1 until the end of the season.[44]