Jeremy Latimore

Jeremy Latimore (born 8 December 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop.

Jeremy Latimore

Personal information
Born	(1986-12-08) 8 December 1986 (age 38) Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009 Parramatta Eels 7 0 0 0 0 2010–11 New Zealand Warriors 24 2 0 0 8 2012 St. George Illawarra 14 0 0 0 0 2013–16 Penrith Panthers 75 3 0 0 12 2017 Cronulla Sharks 19 0 0 0 0 2018–19 St. George Illawarra 43 2 0 0 8 Total 182 7 0 0 28 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
Source: [1] As of 22 September 2019

He played for the Parramatta Eels, New Zealand Warriors, St. George-Illawarra Dragons in two separate spells, and the Penrith Panthers and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.^[2] Latimore also played for the Prime Minister's XIII in 2015.

Background

Latimore was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior football for the Port Macquarie Sharks before being signed by the Jeffery -Sutherland Sharks.

Playing career

He played for Cronulla's Premier League team in 2006,^[3] before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. In round 11 of the 2009 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Parramatta side against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. After playing seven games for Parramatta that year, he signed with the New Zealand Warriors.

Latimore played in 24 games for the Warriors in 2010 and 2011, scoring two tries before signing a one-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons for 2012.^[4]

Latimore joined St. George Illawarra in the off-season and started the year off as a starting player in the Saints line-up for round 1 against the Newcastle Knights.

On 2 August 2012, Latimore signed a two-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2013. Latimore played for Penrith in the club's 2014 preliminary final defeat against Canterbury-Bankstown at ANZ Stadium.^[5][6]

On 15 May 2015, it was announced that Latimore would be extending his stay with the Penrith outfit for a further two seasons until the end of 2017.^[7] On 26 September 2015, he played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.^[8]

He signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks for the 2017 season.^[9]

On 20 September, Latimore re-joined St. George on a one-year deal in 2018.^[10] Latimore played in both finals games for St. George in the 2018 NRL season which were against Brisbane in the elimination final where St. George won 48–18 at Suncorp Stadium. The following week, Latimore played in the club's 13–12 elimination final defeat against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.

In the latter stages of his career, Latimore was jokingly referred to across various social media platforms as the G.O.A.T (Greatest of all time).^[11]

On 29 July 2019, Latimore announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2019 NRL season.^[12]

Post playing

In 2021, Latimore played for the Mittagong Lions in the Group 6 Rugby League competition.^[13]