Jack de Belin

Jack de Belin (born 17 March 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who has played in the 2010s. He played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL), as a prop or lock.[2]

Jack de Belin
Personal information
Full nameJack de Belin
Born (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991
Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–2018 St. George Illawarra 154 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Country NSW 2 1 0 0 4
2018 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0
As of 17 November 2020
Source: [1]

De Belin has played for Country NSW and New South Wales in the 2018 State of Origin series.

Background

De Belin was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.

Early career

De Belin played part of his junior football career with St Gregory's College, Campbelltown and the Cootamundra Bulldogs in Group 9. He was then signed by St George Illawarra and competed in the 2011 National Youth Competition where he made it into the team of the year squad.[3]

First grade career

De Belin made his first grade debut for St George Illawarra on 27 June 2011 against Manly and played three first grade matches that year.[4] In 2014, De Belin signed a year extension deal with St George Illawarra which would see him play with the club until the end of 2017. He went on to make 21 appearances for St George Illawarra in the 2014 season.[5]

In 2015, de Belin was in the St George Illawarra side which made the finals but were eliminated by Canterbury-Bankstown in the first week. He made twenty two appearances for the season and was a regular in the lineup.[6] 2016 saw de Belin make his representative debut when chosen to represent New South Wales Country in the annual City vs Country game.[7] That year he again featured regularly in the Dragons' first grade line-up and made twenty-one appearances for the season.

In 2017, de Belin was again chosen to represent New South Wales Country in what would be the final City vs Country match.[8] In May 2017, de Belin was named in an extended New South Wales side to take on Queensland in Game 1 of the 2017 State of Origin series.[9] Also in 2017, de Belin signed another three-year extension deal to stay at St George Illawarra until 2020.[10]

2018 was a stellar season for de Belin. He was selected to play for New South Wales in the 2018 State of Origin series, played in all games of the series and was a key part of the Blues' 2-1 series victory.[11]

De Belin did not compete in the NRL in 2019 due to pending sexual assault charges.[12]

Sporting pedigree

De Belin's grandfather Fred de Belin had a Sydney first grade career with the Balmain Tigers that was interrupted by four years of WWII active service in Europe with the RAAF as bomber. He toured with the Kangaroos of 1948-49 and played eight Tests for Australia from 1948–50.[13]

Jack's uncle Alan de Belin was a state and national representative lightweight rower from the Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney. In 1977 in the Australian lightweight eight he won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.[14]

Sexual assault allegations

On 13 December 2018, de Belin was charged by police with aggravated sexual assault following an encounter with a woman in Wollongong. The incident reportedly happened after the woman had left a nightclub with a group of men including de Belin. The woman was under the impression the group would head to another nightclub but ended up at an apartment block where it is claimed de Belin and de Belin's friend stripped naked and sexually assaulted her.[15]

On 28 February 2019, de Belin was stood down by St George Illawarra under the NRL's new 'no fault stand down policy', which allows players to train but not play until the completion of investigations in which players are charged with any serious criminal offence that has a maximum jail term of 11 years or more.[16][17]

On 17 May 2019, de Belin lost his federal court bid to be reinstated by the NRL. On 28 May 2019, de Belin was charged with two further counts of sexual assault.[12][18]

On 24 July 2019, De Belin was committed to stand trial over allegations of sexual assault. De Belin faces charges of five counts of rape.[19]

On 13 February 2020, it was announced that De Belin's trial would be delayed until April 8 2020 after a significant witness in the case had fallen ill and was unable to attend court.[20]

On 30 November 2020, De Belin's trial was delayed further after it ended in the jury being discharged as they couldn’t reach a verdict in his case.[21]

References
  1. "Jack de Belin - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Official NRL profile of Jack de Belin". St George Illawarra Dragons. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. Proszenko, Adrian (19 July 2014). "Alex McKinnon's faith in schoolmate Jack De Belin now being repaid". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. "Custom Match List - Jack de Belin". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. "Dragons re-sign bold de Belin". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. Brock, Dominic (14 September 2015). "Dragons 2015 season review". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. Otto, Tyson (2 May 2016). "City-Country teams announced for representative round 2016". News.com.au. News Corp. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. "Jack De Belin". New South Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  9. "NSW announce State of Origin I side". News.com.au. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. Walsh, Dan (14 March 2017). "NRL 2017: St George Illawarra Dragons re-sign Jack Delin until end of 2020". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. Walter, Brad (10 July 2018). "The role of Alex McKinnon in Jack de Belin's State of Origin rise". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  12. "Jack de Belin loses federal court bid to be reinstated by NRL". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019.
  13. Middleton, David (3 July 2011). "Bennett's Midas touch on show again". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  14. "1977 Amsterdam World Championships - Amsterdam Netherlands". History of Australian Rowing. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  15. Dean, John (14 December 2018). "Dragons star Jack de Belin charged by police with aggravated sexual assault over Wollongong incident". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  16. "De Belin proclaims innocence after being stood down". NRL. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  17. "ARL Commission announces 'no-fault stand down policy' for players facing serious charges". National Rugby League. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  18. "NRL star Jack de Belin facing further sexual assault charges". News.com.au. AAP. 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.
  19. "NRL player Jack de Belin committed for rape trial". The Guardian. AAP. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  20. "Jack De Belins rape trial delayed". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  21. "Jack de Belin to challenge NRL's 'flawed' stand-down policy as Dragons star faces third year out". Fox Sports. 1 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
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