Jarred Bassett: "I’m retiring from my short career in professional Rugby League”

Jarred Bassett: I’m retiring from my short career in professional Rugby League”

London Broncos back Jarred Bassett has today announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season to move back home to Australia.

Jarred’s career, whilst short, is one that we hope will inspire many others that it’s never too late to follow your dreams.

Just four years ago Jarred was still playing amateur rugby in the Southern Conference with West Warriors. What followed was a move to London Skolars in League 1, a move to London Broncos then in the Championship before stepping up to Super League in 2024. No player in history has made that career progression in that space of time.

Speaking to London Broncos media, Jarred said;

“For a long time I’ve been thinking about going back to Australia but I guess the only thing keeping me here was footy, my job and my girlfriend but it’s just got to that point where I have been thinking about it all year and I am ready to go home.

“I’ve played since I was 5 years old so I’ve been playing for 27 years and not that I’m injured but now that I am older I have noticed it takes longer to recover and I guess mentally I’m just not sure I’ve got enough to keep on going, even though the body is fine I think mentally I’m ready to move on to other things in my life.”

Talking about his remarkable step up through the leagues, Jarred said he had given up hope of becoming a professional;

“I got here in 2015 just with a backpack and made some mates and started playing some local footy with West Warriors, then had a go at London Skolars and then luckily came to London Broncos and obviously we won the league and I’m here now so it’s definitely been a crazy ride and I’m proud of where I came from to where I am and I will look back on it all very fondly.”

Watch the full interview with Jarred below;