Jacob Loko

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Jacob Loko
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Loko
Nickname	The Loko-Motive
Born	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	192 m (629 ft 11 in)
Weight	107 kg (17 st)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011-	Parramatta Eels	23	4	0	0	16
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0
As of 13 May 2013
Source: Jacob Loko Stats RLP

Jacob Loko (born 12 August 1992) is an Australian rugby league player who currently plays centre for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition.^[1] Loko is of Fijian and Tongan descent.

Early life

^[2] Loko was raised in Claymore, New South Wales (a small suburb in Campbelltown), Loko began playing junior rugby league for Campbelltown City and Eagle Vale, while also attending Eaglevale High School. Loko then moved to Westfields Sports High School playing junior league with the Cabramatta club and Allsaints Toongabbie, before completing his senior year at The Hills Sports High School. He was part of the team that won the ARL Schoolboy Cup, formerly known as the Arrive Alive or Nutri-Grain cup, and also played for the New South Wales under 18's team at the state championships.^[3]

Rugby league career

2010: Early playing career

During Loko's senior year in high school Loko performed strongly on the Parramatta Eels S. G. Ball Cup squad, which earned him a place in the National Youth Competition team. Loko has played 16 games for the Parramatta Eels' National Youth Competition team over the 2010 and 2011 season, in which he has scored 7 tries including a hat-trick against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.^[4]

2011: First grade debut

Loko made his debut for the Parramatta Eels in round five of the 2011 NRL season against the Melbourne Storm where the Parramatta Eels were defeated 38–0. He suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the Round 17 game against the Brisbane Broncos. He was ruled out of the remainder of the 2011 NRL season and was hoping to return to first grade in 2012.

2012: Another ACL injury

In the 2012 preseason, Loko sustained another knee injury whilst boxing. He was once again ruled out for the remainder of the season.

2013: Return to first grade

Loko returned to first grade in the 2013 NRL season and made his long awaited return in Round 1 against the Warriors, where the Eels won 40-10.

References

↑ Parramatta Eels profile, Parramatta Eels, retrieved 25 April 2011.
↑ http://www.fijilive.com/sports/news/2010/10/30/17593.Fijilive
↑ Hill Sport's Wins ARL Schoolboy Cup, Ourfootyteam.com, retrieved 25 April 2011.
↑ Jacob Loko Stats, rleague.com, retrieved 25 April 2011.

External links

v t e Parramatta Eels – current squad

Allgood Edwards Folau Faraimo Foran Gower Harrison Hayne (c) Hopoate Hunt Jones Kelly Lasalo Loko Lussick Mannah (c) Moimoi Morgan Mossop Norman Pauli Joseph Paulo Junior Paulo Peats Pewhairangi Pritchard Radradra Sandow Santi Sio Smith Tanginoa Terepo Tonga Toutai Ualesi Coach: Arthur

Persondata
Name	Loko, Jacob
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	12 August 1992
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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