Jason Lowrie

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Jason Lowrie

|fullname = Jason Anthony Lowrie

|image =

|caption =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|01|22|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

|height = {{convert|184|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|103|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|position = {{rlp|PR}}

|club1 = {{nowrap|Sydney Roosters}}

|year1start = 1993

|year1end = 98

|appearances1 = 105

|tries1 = 0

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 0

|club2 = Balmain Tigers

|year2start = 1999

|year2end =

|appearances2 = 24

|tries2 = 0

|goals2 = 0

|fieldgoals2 = 0

|points2 = 0

|club3 = Wests Tigers

|year3start = 2000

|year3end = 01

|appearances3 = 31

|tries3 = 2

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 8

|teamA = {{nowrap|New Zealand Māori}}

|yearAstart = 1990

|yearAend = 91

|teamB = Auckland

|yearBstart = 1992

|yearBend = ??

|teamC = New Zealand

|yearCstart = 1993

|yearCend = 00

|appearancesC = 16

|triesC = 2

|goalsC = 0

|fieldgoalsC = 0

|pointsC = 8

|teamD = Rest of the World

|yearDstart = 1997

|appearancesD = 1

|triesD = 0

|goalsD = 0

|fieldgoalsD = 0

|pointsD = 0

|retired = yes

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Jason_Lowrie/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}

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Jason Anthony Lowrie[http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=L&id=650 Lowrie, Jason Anthony 1993 - 95, 1999 - 00 - Kiwi #650] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724194140/http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=L&id=650 |date=2011-07-24 }} nzleague.co.nz (born 22 January 1970[http://www.rugbyleague.co.nz/player.aspx?id=542 Jason Lowrie] nzleague.co.nz) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player who represented New Zealand.

Background

He is the grand-nephew of fellow international Sam Lowrie who was a hooker for Ponsonby in the 1910s and 20s, and played for Auckland and New Zealand.Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League {{ISBN|1-86971-090-8}}

Playing career

A Northcote Tigers junior, Lowrie in 1990 he represented the New Zealand Māori against Great Britain.{{cite book

| last =John Coffey, Bernie Wood

| title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008

| publisher =Huia Publishers

| year = 2008

| pages = 261

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC

| isbn =978-1-86969-331-2

}} He then played club football in Australia for the Sydney Roosters, Balmain and the Wests Tigers. Lowrie was a New Zealand international between 1993 and 2000 and played for New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He also competed for Rest of the World during the Super League war. Lowrie was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Australia he played from the interchange bench in the Kiwis' 22-20 loss.{{cite web|url=https://www.weststigers.com.au/about/wests-tigers-first-grade-players/|title=Wests Tigers first grade players list|website=Wests Tigers|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531090443/https://www.weststigers.com.au/about/wests-tigers-first-grade-players/|url-status=dead}}