| Idris training with the Indigenous Australian side in 2008 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Jamal Dasuki Idris | |||||
| Nickname | Mandingo | |||||
| Born | 6 July 1990 Forster, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||
| Weight | 115 kg (250 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Second-row, Wing, Lock | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008–11 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012– | Gold Coast Titans | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008 | Dreamtime Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Country NSW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | New South Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As of 26 May 2010 | ||||||
| Source: NRL Stats & Rugby League Project | ||||||
Jamal Dasuki Idris (born 6 July 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. A New South Wales State Of Origin representative, he has also played for the Indigenous Australian representative side. In the Schoolboy Championship final game he scored four tries in under twenty minutes.
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The son of an Aboriginal mother and a Nigerian father,[1] Idris spent two years growing up in an Aboriginal mission in Forster on the New South Wales Mid North Coast with his younger brother, Isaac, and mother, Alana. The family moved to Sydney, where Idris now lives, because of Jamal's interest in athletics, especially javelin throwing . Following several representative seasons in athletics, Idris took up rugby league in high school. His junior clubs were Chester Hill Hornets, Merrylands Rams, Fairfield Patrician Brothers, Bankstown Sports, Berala Bears and Forster Tuncurry Hawkes.[2]
Due to his physical size (194 cm height, 115 kg weight), his looks and his dreadlocked hairstyle, Idris has been confused for Lote Tuqiri by even his own family.[3]
Idris graduated from LaSalle Catholic College, Bankstown at the end of 2008. In March 2009, Idris was involved in a fight with Bulldogs teammates and was suspended for one week.[4] In May of the same year, Idris had what seemed to be the match-winning try against the St. George Illawarra Dragons denied after it was deemed that Greg Eastwood had obstructed Dragons' five-eighth Jamie Soward on the halfway line where Idris made the line break. The Bulldogs lost this game 20-18.
His performance early in the 2009 season prompted dual international Wendell Sailor to say: "What Jamal's doing at the moment, I think it's a lot better than what Izzy (Israel Folau) was doing at the same age."[5] On 8 September, Idris was Named Dally M Rookie of the Year.[6]
The 2010 NRL Season began slowly for Idris, but he soon found his true potential. He scored two tries in the Bulldogs 60-14 win over the Sydney Roosters, and a month later had a man of the match performance against the Brisbane Broncos. He backed that up with an entertaining clash with Timana Tahu when the Bulldogs played the Eels. He was rewarded with a place in the Country Origin team. After a strong performance for Country, including a try, Idris was named on the bench for the New South Wales State of Origin team for Game I of the 2010 State of Origin series.[7] He played the 2nd half of Game I of the 2010 State of Origin series, scoring a try in a loss. Idris was dropped for the second match but was named the 18th man. In 2010, Jamal was named in the training side for Australia in the Four Nations tournament.
In September, 2010 Idris was allegedly struck on the neck with a sword by a cousin while visiting Forster. His cousin, Beau Currie, 20, apparently plead guilty to the attack two days after it happened and was sentenced to 18 months in jail with a non-parole period of 14 months. At the beginning of the 2011 season Jamal has played well for Canterbury. Jamal has been offered what he says are two offers from two clubs, the Newcastle Knights and the Gold Coast Titans. On the 12th of April 2011 Jamal signed with The Gold Coast Titans
Jamal made the Australian team in 2011, he debuted on 6 May 2011 against New Zealand. Later that year it was announced that Idris had signed with the Gold Coast Titans starting from the 2012 NRL season.
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