{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Jake Foster |image = JAKE FOSTER.jpg |caption = Foster in 2012 |position = {{rlp|SR}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|5|df=yes}} |birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |height = {{convert|188|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|96|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = Canterbury Bulldogs |year1start = 2010 |year1end = 12 |appearances1 = 10 |tries1 = 204 |goals1 = 49 |fieldgoals1 = 88 |points1 = 5949 |club2 = Canberra Raiders |year2start = 2013 |year2end = 14 |appearances2 = 5 |tries2 = 49 |goals2 = 36 |fieldgoals2 = 48 |points2 = 584 |teamA = Indigenous All Stars |yearAstart = 2013 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 1 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 |updated = 30 October 2023 |source = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jake-foster/summary.html|title=Jake Foster – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> |birth_name=Jake Donald Foster|full_name=Jake Colwynn Foster}}
'''Jake Colwynn Foster''' (born '''Jake Donald Foster'''; 5 October 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Eastern Suburbs Tigers in the Queensland Cup, as a {{rlp|sr}}.<ref>[http://www.bulldogs.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-nswcup-display&id=1303&team=Bulldogs-NSWCup Profile at Bulldogs]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Playing career== A Guildford Owls junior, Foster debuted in the NRL in 2010 for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and played ten matches for the club before joining the Canberra Raiders for the 2013 NRL season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raiders.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Raiders/Jake%20Foster/7001 |title=Jake Foster Player Profile at Canberra Raiders |access-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207050049/http://www.raiders.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Raiders/Jake%20Foster/7001 |archive-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Foster made his representative debut for the Indigenous All Stars side in the 2013 All Stars match on 9 February.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raiders.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Raiders/Jake%20Foster/7001 |title=Jake Foster Player Profile at Canberra Raiders |access-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207050049/http://www.raiders.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Raiders/Jake%20Foster/7001 |archive-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 21 September 2014, Foster was named captain and at {{rlp|sr}} in the 2014 NSW Cup Team of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2014/09/21/_2014_vb_nsw_cup_team_of_the_year.html |title=2014 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year – NSWRL |access-date=21 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708221216/http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2014/09/21/_2014_vb_nsw_cup_team_of_the_year.html |archive-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 6 November 2014, Foster signed with Queensland Cup team Eastern Suburbs Tigers full time for the 2015 season. Foster played a total of 96 games for Easts between 2015 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/romelo-heads-new-easts-signings-15615/ |title=Romelo heads new Easts signings | NRL | Zero Tackle |access-date=6 November 2014 |archive-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106155050/http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/romelo-heads-new-easts-signings-15615/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/players/intrust-super-cup/easts-tigers/jake-foster/|title=Player Profile|website=qrl.com.au|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129005853/https://www.qrl.com.au/players/intrust-super-cup/easts-tigers/jake-foster/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2016/10/17/foster-leads-tigers-pack/|title=Foster leads Tigers pack|website=www.qrl.com.au}}</ref>
== Personal life == Foster is a John Farnham fan. From the age of 8, he attended most concerts, continuing until Farnham's final performance at the benefit concert ''Fire Fight Australia'' in 2020.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year}}
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