Jamie Buhrer (born 28 November 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker, second-row and lock for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.[2][3] He also played for NSW City and New South Wales.

Jamie Buhrer
Buhrer in 2011
Personal information
Born (1989-11-28) 28 November 1989 (age 34)
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Lock, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–16 Manly Sea Eagles 128 18 0 0 72
2017–19 Newcastle Knights 45 1 0 0 4
Total 173 19 0 0 76
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 Queensland Residents 1 0 0 0 0
2012–14 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
2012 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Background edit

Buhrer was born in Westmead, New South Wales, Australia. He was educated at Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown in Sydney.

He played his junior rugby league for the Hills District Bulls. He was then signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

Playing career edit

 
Buhrer playing for the Sea Eagles in 2009

Early career edit

In 2008 and 2009, Buhrer played 47 games for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles' NYC team, scoring 15 tries in total.[4][5] In September 2009, he was named at lock in the 2009 NYC Team of the Year.[6]

2010 edit

In 2010, Buhrer graduated to the Sea Eagles' Queensland Cup team, Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles. In round 10 of the 2010 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for Manly against the Parramatta Eels.[7]

2011 edit

Buhrer scored his first two tries in round 4 of the 2011 season against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, where he was playing at centre.[8] He played off the interchange bench in Manly's 2011 NRL Grand Final win over the New Zealand Warriors.[9] Later on that month, he re-signed with the Manly club on a three-year contract until the end of 2014.[10]

2012 edit

In April, he played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country in the annual City vs Country Origin match.[11] A month later, he gained selection for the New South Wales State of Origin team to take on Queensland in game one of the series in Melbourne on 23 May 2012.[12] He was subsequently dropped from the side.[13]

2014 edit

In May, Buhrer returned to the New South Wales City side.[14] In September, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament, ruling him out for the rest of the season.[15] Later on that month, he re-signed with the Manly outfit on a three-year contract until the end of 2017.[16]

2016 edit

In October, after playing 128 games for the Manly club, Buhrer was released from the final year of his contract to sign a two-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2017.[17]

2017 edit

Upon joining the Newcastle club, Buhrer formed part of the leadership group of the playing roster. He made his debut for Newcastle in round 1 of the 2017 season against the New Zealand Warriors. During a training session in April, he suffered a fractured foot and was expected to miss up to eight weeks.[18] He finished the year with 16 matches and one try for the Novocastrians.[19]

2018 edit

In 2018, Buhrer played in 20 matches for the Newcastle side, mostly from the interchange bench.[20]

2019 edit

Due to increasing depth in Newcastle's squad, Buhrer only played nine NRL matches in 2019, before departing at season's end.[21][22] In November, he announced his retirement from rugby league.[23]

References edit

  1. ^ "Jamie Buhrer - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ Young Sea Eagles flying high in Cup, The Manly Daily, retrieved 7 April 2010.
  3. ^ Manly Sea Eagles Profile, Manly Sea Eagles[permanent dead link], retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. ^ "B". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ Jamie Buhrer Stats, rleague.com Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. ^ "2009 Toyota Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ^ "NRL 2010 - Round 10". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ^ "NRL 2011 - Round 4". Rugby League Project. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. ^ "NRL 2011 - Grand Final". Rugby League Project. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  10. ^ Zero Tackle (11 October 2011). "Buhrer signs extension with Sea Eagles". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  11. ^ "City vs Country 2012". Rugby League Project. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  12. ^ "State Of Origin 2012 Series - Game 1". Rugby League Project. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Former New South Wales winger Steve Turner urges the Blues to stay loyal to their debutants". Fox Sports.
  14. ^ "City vs Country 2014". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  15. ^ SMH.com.au (1 September 2014). "Buhrer out for the season". Zero Tackle. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  16. ^ SeaEagles.com.au (26 September 2014). "Sea Eagles lock in future stars". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  17. ^ NRL Digital Media (4 October 2016). "Jamie Buhrer joins Newcastle - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Newcastle Knights utility Jamie Buhrer out for two months after breaking his foot at training". The Newcastle Herald. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Jamie Buhrer - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  20. ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  21. ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  22. ^ "Departures! Goodbye to Knights leaving in 2019". Newcastle Knights. 18 September 2019.
  23. ^ "In the News: Jamie Buhrer joins Griffin in retirement". Newcastle Knights. 14 November 2019.

External links edit

Sporting positions
Preceded by Newcastle co-captain (with Sione Mata'utia (2017), Mitchell Pearce (2018))
2017 - 2019
Succeeded by