Justin Poore

Justin Poore

Poore while playing for the Dragons in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-26) 26 January 1985 (age 32) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Playing information
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–09 St. George Illawarra 128 5 0 0 20 2010–12 Parramatta Eels 50 1 0 0 4 2013 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 24 2 0 0 8 2014 Hull Kingston Rovers 7 0 0 0 0 Total 209 8 0 0 32 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0 2009 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby League Project

Justin Poore (born 26 January 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played in Australia's NRL for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels before moving to England to play for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.

Born in Perth, Western Australia, While attending Endeavour Sports High School in 2002, Poore was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team. Poore played his junior football for the Helensburgh Tigers before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

In Round 1 of the 2004 NRL season Poore made his premiership debut for the Dragons against the Canberra Raiders. In August 2008, Poore was named in the 46-man Kangaroos preliminary squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. After the 2008 NRL season, Poore and a group of NRL players led by former first-grader and ABC commentator Paul Osborne travelled to Rwanda on behalf of the Hope Rwanda charity, where they helped build 60 cement-rendered homes and a community hall. Poore planned to raise more money for the charity and travel to Rwanda again after the 2009 season.