Nick Jooste (born 7 July 1997) is an Australian Rugby Union player who currently plays for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby pacific. He previously played for the Western Force and Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition,[1] and also the UC Vikings.[2] His regular playing position is fly-half.

Nick Jooste
Full nameNicholas Jooste
Date of birth (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb)
SchoolHale School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Inside Centre, Fullback
Current team Rebels
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Perth Spirit 5 (5)
2016 Canberra Vikings 7 (0)
2016–2017 Brumbies 0 (0)
2017 Perth Spirit 4 (5)
2018 Kamaishi Seawaves 8 (8)
2019–2020 Force 9 (15)
2022–2024 Rebels 27 (26)
Correct as of 8 June 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Australia Schoolboys
2016–2017 Australia U20 7 (7)
Correct as of 2 March 2022

Rugby career

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Jooste turned out for both Australian Schools Barbarians and Australia Schoolboys in 2015 and later in the year became just the sixth Australian player to earn a Super Rugby contract whilst still in high school. The others were Kurtley Beale, Quade Cooper, James O'Connor, Luke Jones and Chris Feauai-Sautia.[1]

Super Rugby statistics

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As of 3 June 2023[3]
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2016 Brumbies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Brumbies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 AU Force 2 2 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Rebels 5 1 4 131 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2023 Rebels 10 4 6 356 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
Total 17 7 10 605 3 0 0 0 15 0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nick Jooste Player Profile". Brumbies. Retrieved 12 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Nick Jooste itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.