Jed Cartwright

Jed Cartwright is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and second-row forward for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

Jed Cartwright
Personal information
Full nameJed Cartwright
Born (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Penrith Panthers 1 0 0 0 0
2020– South Sydney 6 0 0 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0
As of 18 October 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Cartwright was born in Sydney, Australia and is the son of former Penrith, Australian international and NSW Origin player John Cartwright, he is also the cousin of former Gold Coast Titans player and former Panther Bryce Cartwright.[2]

He played his junior rugby league for the Warragamba Wombats.

Playing career

Cartwright made his first grade debut for Penrith against his cousin Bryce Cartwright in round 17 of the 2019 NRL season vs the Gold Coast Titans which ended in a 24–2 victory at Penrith Park.[3][4]

After signing for South Sydney in 2020, he made his club debut in round 18 of the 2020 NRL season against the Wests Tigers. The following week against Canterbury-Bankstown, Cartwright appeared to have scored his first try in the top grade but he lost the ball over the try line in the second half of the match as South Sydney suffered a 26-16 shock defeat at ANZ Stadium.[5]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Cartwright cousins same same, but different". NSWRL.com.au. 1 February 2017.
  3. "Round 17 team lists". NRL.com. 22 June 2019.
  4. "Canterbury Bulldogs off the bottom with win over Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers ease past Gold Coast Titans". ABC.
  5. "Canterbury Bulldogs provisionally offload wooden spoon to Broncos in Rabbitohs rout". wwos.nine.com.au.
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