Justin Poore
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
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|image = Justin Poore.jpg
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|01|26}}
|birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia
|height = {{convert|188|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|108|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|position = {{Rlp|PR}}
|club1 = St. George Illawarra
|year1start = 2004
|year1end = 09
|appearances1 = 128
|tries1 = 5
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 20
|club2 = Parramatta Eels
|year2start = 2010
|year2end = 12
|appearances2 = 50
|tries2 = 1
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 4
|club3 = {{nowrap|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats}}
|year3start = 2013
|year3end =
|appearances3 = 24
|tries3 = 2
|goals3 = 0
|fieldgoals3 = 0
|points3 = 8
|club4 = Hull Kingston Rovers
|year4start = 2014
|year4end =
|appearances4 = 7
|tries4 = 0
|goals4 = 0
|fieldgoals4 = 0
|points4 = 0
|teamA = NSW Country
|yearAstart = 2009
|yearAend =
|appearancesA = 1
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
|teamB = New South Wales
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|appearancesB = 3
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|retired = yes
|updated = 31 October 2015
|source = {{Cite web |url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Justin-Poore/ |title=loverugbyleague |access-date=3 December 2017 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234246/https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/justin-poore/ |url-status=dead }}[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/justin-poore/summary.html Rugby League Project]
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Justin Poore (born 26 January 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played in Australia's NRL for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels before moving to England to play for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and the Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.
Background
Born in Perth, Western Australia,{{cite web |url=http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/justin-poore-playing-at-home/1432356.aspx |title=Justin Poore playing at 'home' – Local News – Sport – Rugby League – St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |access-date=2010-07-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726010952/http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/justin-poore-playing-at-home/1432356.aspx |archive-date=26 July 2011 }} While attending Endeavour Sports High School in 2002, Poore was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.{{cite web|publisher=Sporting Pulse|title=Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|access-date=10 October 2008|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131030043/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|url-status=dead}} Poore played his junior football for the Helensburgh Tigers before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
Professional playing career
=St. George Illawarra Dragons=
In round 1 of the 2004 NRL season Poore made his premiership début for St. George Illawarra against the Canberra Raiders.{{cite web |url=http://www.rleague.com//db/player/p/poore_justin/index.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116200726/http://rleague.com/db/player/p/poore_justin/index.php |archive-date=16 January 2013 }} In August 2008, Poore was named in the 46-man Kangaroos preliminary squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.{{cite news|author=Liam FitzGibbon |publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)" |title=Surprises in Kangaroos squad |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24111780-23214,00.html |access-date=2 August 2008 |date=1 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808144730/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0%2C8659%2C24111780-23214%2C00.html |archive-date= 8 August 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php|title=Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=1 August 2008|access-date=2 August 2008}} After the 2008 NRL season, Poore and a group of NRL players led by former first-grader and ABC commentator Paul Osborne travelled to Rwanda on behalf of the Hope Rwanda charity, where they helped build 60 cement-rendered homes and a community hall. Poore planned to raise more money for the charity and travel to Rwanda again after the 2009 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/poores-african-effort-a-lifechanging-experience/1417614.aspx|title=Poore's African effort a life-changing experience|publisher=Illawarra Mercury|date=28 January 2009|access-date=28 January 2009}}
In May 2009, Poore was selected for Country in the annual City vs Country match.{{cite news|work=Fox Sports|location=Australia|title=Blues halfback duel in two as Mitchell Pearce misses selection|first=Todd|last=Balym|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25422326-5016947,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205020103/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25422326-5016947,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2012|date=3 May 2009|access-date=3 May 2009}} In May 2009, Poore was named to make his Origin début for New South Wales in the opening match of the 2009 State of Origin series in Melbourne, Victoria.{{cite news|last=Fitzgibbon|first=Liam|publisher=Fox Sports News (Australia)|title=NSW selectors go with form and not reputation for Origin opener|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25537374-5018993,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730123123/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25537374-5018993,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2012|access-date=30 May 2009|date=25 May 2009}} He was one of only four New South Wales players who played in all 3 games of the 2009 series, the others being Jarryd Hayne, Kurt Gidley and Ben Creagh.
Poore made 21 appearances for St. George in his final season at the club as they won the 2009 Minor Premiership but crashed out of the finals after losing both games against Parramatta and the Brisbane Broncos. Poore played 128 games in total for St. George before signing a three-year contract with the Parramatta Eels starting in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/dragon-justin-poore-signs-with-parramatta-eels/1537223.aspx|title=Dragon Justin Poore signs with Parramatta Eels|first=Australian Community Media – Fairfax|last=Media|date=10 June 2009|website=Illawarramercury.com.au|access-date=25 August 2017}}
=Parramatta Eels=
At the start of the 2010 NRL season, Poore was one of Parramatta's high-profile recruits who was expected to bolster the club's forward pack. Poore made a total of 23 appearances for the club in 2010 as they missed out on the finals after finishing a disappointing 12th.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/parramatta-eels-five-times-they-should-have-been-set-for-a-big-season-but-flopped/news-story/70bdcb6a002101a0640921d067eb4c49/|title=Parramatta Eels: Five times they should have been set for a big season but flopped|work=Fox Sports|date=20 March 2018 }}
Poore was forced to sit out for the majority of the 2011 NRL season due to a knee injury. He returned in round 22 against South Sydney which ended in a 56–6 loss at ANZ Stadium. Parramatta narrowly avoided the wooden spoon that year and defeated the Gold Coast in the final game of the season to avoid finishing last.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/parramatta-eels-defeat-the-gold-coast-titans-to-avoid-wooden-spoon-for-2011/news-story/fc87216a6a23a4b8d0eefd6174b60c47/|title=Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans to avoid wooden spoon for 2011|website=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}
In the 2012 NRL season, Poore and Parramatta endured a horror season as the club finished last on the table for the first time since 1972. At the end of 2012, Poore was released by the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/poore-just-happy-to-have-his-health-20120301-1u5wf.html/|title=Poore just happy to have his health|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/kieran-forans-contract-dramas-at-parramatta-highlight-eels-long-history-of-recruitment-struggles/news-story/cc768fb720a2b396a5c7975751b53c84/|title=Kieran Foran's contract dramas at Parramatta highlight Eels' long history of recruitment struggles|work=Fox Sports|date=23 June 2015 }}
=Wakefield Trinity Wildcats=
In October 2012, Poore signed a two-year contract with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of the Super League starting in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrl.com/parramattas-poore-off-to-wakefield/tabid/10874/newsid/70270/default.aspx |title=News Article |access-date=2012-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021210140/http://www.nrl.com/parramattas-poore-off-to-wakefield/tabid/10874/newsid/70270/default.aspx |archive-date=21 October 2012 }}
Poore signed a two-year deal with Hull Kingston Rovers in October 2013.
=Hull Kingston Rovers=
Poore commenced playing with Hull KR in the 2014 Super League season. He retired at the end of the season due to a knee injury.{{cite web|title=Hull KR's Australian forward Justin Poore announces retirement due to knee injury|url=http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12040/9533234/hull-krs-australian-forward-justin-poore-announces-retirement-due-to-knee-injury|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=18 January 2015|date=25 October 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.parraeels.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Eels/Justin%20Poore/3603 2012 Parramatta Eels profile]
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
Category:Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
Category:Hull Kingston Rovers players
Category:New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Category:Parramatta Eels players
Category:People educated at Endeavour Sports High School
Category:Rugby league players from Perth, Western Australia
Category:St. George Illawarra Dragons players