Representative Career
In 1984 Jack made his State of Origin debut and played in all three games of that year's series. He was thereafter New Souths Wales' first choice fullback for the next six years, aside from the 1987 fourth game exhibition match in Los Angeles when he made himself unavailable, and game I of 1988 when Cronulla's Jonathon Docking was preferred.
All up Jack made 17 appearances for New South Wales in State of Origins between 1984 and 1989. He was as safe as they come under the high ball and a tremendous last line of defence.
In 1984 he also made his international debut in the three match Ashes series against Great Britain. For the next four years, he reigned supreme as the number one fullback in the world. He played twenty successive Tests (nine versus Britain, seven against New Zealand and two each against France and Papua New Guinea) as well as the 1998 World Cup final against New Zealand and the Bicentenary International against a Rest of the World side.
On the 1986 Kangaroo tour Jack played in all six Tests and seven minor Tour matches. He became the first Australian fullback to score three tries in a Test in a brilliant performance against France in the second Test.
After Jack broke an arm in a 1989 pre-season match the door opened for his great State of Origin rival Queenslander Gary Belcher who from that point was the favoured Australian representative for the fullback position.
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