Jason Anthony Lowrie[2] (born 22 January 1970[3]) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player who represented New Zealand.

Jason Lowrie
Personal information
Full nameJason Anthony Lowrie
Born (1970-01-22) 22 January 1970 (age 54)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–98 Sydney Roosters 105 0 0 0 0
1999 Balmain Tigers 24 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Wests Tigers 31 2 0 0 8
Total 160 2 0 0 8
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–91 New Zealand Māori
1992–?? Auckland
1993–00 New Zealand 16 2 0 0 8
1997 Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Background

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He is the grand-nephew of fellow international Sam Lowrie who was a hooker for Ponsonby in the 1910s and 20s, and played for Auckland and New Zealand.[4]

Playing career

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A Northcote Tigers junior, Lowrie in 1990 he represented the New Zealand Māori against Great Britain.[5] He then played club football in Australia for the Sydney Roosters, Balmain and the Wests Tigers. Lowrie was a New Zealand international between 1993 and 2000 and played for New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He also competed for Rest of the World during the Super League war. Lowrie was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Australia he played from the interchange bench in the Kiwis' 22-20 loss.[6]

Coaching career

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Lowrie was co-coach of Harbour League in the Bartercard Cup alongside Ken McIntosh

In 2010 and 2011 Lowrie was the assistant coach for the Auckland Vulcans.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ Lowrie, Jason Anthony 1993 - 95, 1999 - 00 - Kiwi #650 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. ^ Jason Lowrie nzleague.co.nz
  4. ^ Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League ISBN 1-86971-090-8
  5. ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
  6. ^ "Wests Tigers first grade players list". Wests Tigers. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Forging a path to success" Superleague, Issue 1 2010. p.24.
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