Jack Cornelsen
Rugby player
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| Date of birth | (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Greg Cornelsen (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Cornelsen (ジャック コーネルセン, Jakku Kōnerusen, born 13 October 1994) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights. Born in Australia, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1] He is the son of former Australian international player Greg Cornelsen.[2]
International career
Cornelsen received his first call-up to his adopted country's wider training squad in April 2021, ahead of British and Irish Lions test.[3] On 24 May, he was named in the 36-man squad for the match against the Sunwolves and tour of Scotland and Ireland.[4] Cornelsen qualified for Japan on residency in November 2020.[2]
References
- ^ "Jack Cornelsen". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Jack Cornelsen: Turning Japanese". Rugby.com.au. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Japan name 21 uncapped players in 52-man training squad ahead of British and Irish Lions test". RugbyPass. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Brave Blossoms Squad Announced Ahead of European Tour". Japan Rugby Union. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
External links
- Jack Cornelsen at ESPNscrum
- Jack Cornelsen at ItsRugby.co.uk
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Saitama Wild Knights – current squad
- Mark Abbott
- Asaeli Ai Valu
- Jura Asanuma
- Lachlan Boshier
- Jack Cornelsen
- Lood de Jager
- Taiki Fujii
- Shota Fukui
- Sho Furuhata
- Ben Gunter
- Esei Ha'angana
- Ryota Hasegawa
- Goro Hashimoto
- Shohei Hirano
- Shōta Horie
- Keita Inagaki
- Ryusei Kawasaki
- Yusaku Kihara
- Craig Millar
- Liam Mitchell
- Tomohito Miyakawa
- Taichi Niiduma
- Shunsuke Nunomaki
- Itsuki Onishi
- Daniel Perez
- Atsushi Sakate
- Hyuga Shimada
- Kazuma Shimane
- Yuji Shimogama
- Masaki Tani
- Yusuke Tokota
- Suliasi Tolu
- Takumi Yoshizawa
- Tsubasa Arai
- Vince Aso
- Damian de Allende
- Atora Hondo
- Iori Kaji
- Eiji Kaneda
- Seijun Kawasaki
- Marika Koroibete
- Taiki Koyama
- Manoa Latu
- Rikiya Matsuda
- Ryuji Noguchi
- Tomoki Osada
- Dylan Riley
- Takaya Saito
- Yasutaka Sasakura
- Yuta Takagi
- Koki Takeyama
- Tatsuhiro Tanji
- Semisi Tupou
- Keisuke Uchida
- Kyohei Yamasawa
- Takuya Yamasawa
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