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Jackson Ferris (rugby league)

New Zealand rugby league player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ97961863 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jackson Ferris (born 25 February 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre.

He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League.

Background

Ferris played his junior rugby league for the Kia Ora Warriors and Gymea Gorillas.

Career

2020

Ferris made his first grade debut in round 12 of the 2020 NRL season for Cronulla-Sutherland against the Brisbane Broncos. He scored a try on debut in a 36–26 victory.

2022

Ferris played for Glebe in the Ron Massey Cup during 2022. On 16 December, Ferris signed a train and trial contract with Manly ahead of the 2023 NRL season.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jackson Ferris (rugby league)” is new Zealand rugby league player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jackson, Ferris and rugby, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2020, 2022, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1998-02-25. For this dossier, Jackson, Ferris and rugby is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q97961863. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jackson Ferris (rugby league)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.