Beau Fermor (born 15 August 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
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| Born | 15 August 1998 Dalby, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 13 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editBorn in Dalby, Queensland, Fermor played his junior rugby league for the Dalby Devils.
Playing career
editIn 2014, Fermor played for the Toowoomba Clydesdales Cyril Connell Cup side, moving up to their Mal Meninga Cup side a year later before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.[2] In 2016, he played for Melbourne's under-20 side, playing 27 games over two seasons, scoring 11 tries.[3]
In 2018, Fermor signed with the Newcastle Knights, joining their Jersey Flegg Cup side. In July 2018, he represented the Queensland under-20 side in their win over New South Wales.[4] At the end of the 2018 season, Fermor was named the Jersey Flegg Cup Player of the Year and signed a two-year extension with the Newcastle club.[5] In 2019, he spent the season playing for the Knights' NSW Cup side.[6]
2020
editOn 30 January, Fermor was granted a release by Newcastle and signed with the Gold Coast Titans on a three-year deal.[7]
In Round 8 of the 2020 NRL season, Fermor made his NRL debut against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, replacing the injured Kevin Proctor.[8]
2021
editFermor played 15 games for the Gold Coast in the 2021 NRL season including the club's elimination final loss against the Sydney Roosters.[9]
2022
editIn round 22 of the 2022 NRL season, Fermor scored two tries for the Gold Coast in a shock 44-24 victory over Manly which ended the clubs ten game losing streak and lifted them off the bottom of the table.[10] Fermor finished the 2022 season playing 23 games as the club finished 13th on the table. Fermor finished as the clubs top try scorer with eleven tries.[11]
2023
editOn 1 March it was announced that Fermor would miss the entire 2023 NRL season after rupturing his ACL at training.[12]
2024
editFermor made 22 appearances for the Gold Coast throughout the 2024 NRL season as the club finished 14th on the table.[13]
Statistics
edit| Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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| 2020 |  Gold Coast Titans
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8 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 15 | 4 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 23 | 11 | 44 | |
| 2024 | 22 | 5 | 20 | |
| Totals | 68 | 22 | 88 |
*denotes season competing
source: [14]
References
edit- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Preston Campbell shares wellbeing message with Clydesdales". Daily Examiner. 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Rd.26 NYC Team Announcement". Melbourne Storm. 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Rising stars feature for Queensland Under 20s". QRL. 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Beau Fermor here to stay". Newcastle Knights. 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Fermor shines in Canterbury Cup loss". Newcastle Knights. 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Fermor boosts Titans on three-year deal after Knights departure". NRL. 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Fermor To Debut As Titans Hit With Double Injury Blow". Gold Coast Titans. 3 July 2020.
- ^ "'He's taken it hard': Shattered Titans rally around Herbert after blowing win". www.nrl.com. 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Canberra Raiders edge St George Illawarra 24-22 to keep NRL finals hopes alive, Gold Coast beat Manly 44-24". www.abc.net.au.
- ^ "Titans' million-dollar man goes missing as Holbrook rues costly mistake: Brutal Review". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ^ "Rising Origin star Beau Fermor ruptures ACL in massive blow for Gold Coast Titans". 7news.com.au.
- ^ "The Mole's end-of-season review: Titans 'perennial enigma' who went missing as Des Hasler 'hallmark' falls flat". www.nine.com.au.
- ^ "Beau Fermor". Gold Coast Titans. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.