Michael Jennings (born 20 April 1988) is a retired professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre for the Penrith Panthers, Sydney Roosters and Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

[2] He played his junior football for the Western City Tigers Mt Druitt and St Mary's Saints before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

In September, Jennings was again selected in the Prime Minister's XIII squad, scoring another hat trick in the 42–18 win against Papua New Guinea.

[18] Jennings became the 4th Kangaroo, following Lionel Morgan in 1960, Brad Mackay in 1990 and David Williams in 2008, to score a hat trick on debut.

[25] In Round 13 against the Gold Coast Titans, Jennings played his 100th NRL career match for the Panthers in the 23–10 win at Cbus Super Stadium.

For Game 1, Jennings became the first player in 30 years to be selected for New South Wales from reserve-grade after being dropped from the Panthers first-grade team.

[34] On 6 October, Jennings played in the 2013 NRL Grand Final at centre with the Roosters being victorious over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26–18.

Jennings scored to seal the victory with a spectacular try from a James Maloney grubber, beating two Manly players with his speed to ground the ball.

After winning the premiership, he was named in the Kangaroos 24-man squad for the 2013 World Cup,[37] scoring a try in his sole appearance against Fiji.

[39] Jennings scored the first try in the 2014 NRL season in the Roosters 28–8 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium.

[40] In Round 2 against the Parramatta Eels, Jennings played his 150th NRL career match in the Roosters 56-4 smashing win at SFS.

[56] On 14 December, he was handed a 12-month good behaviour bond after being found guilty of behaving in an offensive manner in a public place.

[62] In Round 7 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Jennings played his 200th NRL career match in the Eels 22–10 win at Brookvale Oval.

In Round 2 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Jennings had a sensational match in the 34–16 win at WIN Stadium, where he set up two tries for Semi Radradra who had scored 4 tries in the match, one the tries he set up, throwing a freakish pass through his legs, Fox Sports commentator and the recently retired Michael Ennis commenting, “Jennings has been brilliant.

[66] Jennings was part of The Parramatta side which finished fourth at the end of the regular season and qualified for the finals for the first time since 2009.

On 24 May, Jennings lost the ball over the try line twice in Parramatta's 18–10 defeat by Brisbane leaving the club with only 2 wins from the first 12 rounds of the season.

[69] On 2 June 2018, Jennings was sent to the sin bin for the second time in consecutive weeks after putting an illegal hit on a Newcastle player attempting to score a try in Parramatta's 30–4 defeat leaving the club last on the table.

[72] On 5 July, Jennings was demoted to reserve grade by coach Brad Arthur after a number of poor performances.

[73] In Round 25 of the NRL season, Jennings was sin binned for the third time in the year during Parramatta's heavy 44–10 loss against the Sydney Roosters where the club finished last and earned their 14th wooden spoon.

Jennings was filmed by cameras in the change room after he was sin binned, openly crying and having to be consoled by Parramatta officials.

[74] He retained his place in the Tongan squad for the historic first-ever Test match between Tonga and the Australian Kangaroos on 20 October 2018, played in front of a sold-out crowd at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland.

Jennings was suspended on the same day Parramatta were due to play against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the 2020 elimination final.

[85] On 15 October, Jennings accepted a three-year ban from playing rugby league for doping in relation to the failed drugs test which happened 12 months prior.

[92] In December 2021, The New South Wales District Court awarded his ex-wife $500,000 in damages after Wilden successfully sued Jennings over these incidents [93] On 14 March 2023, Jennings lost an appeal against the New South Wales District Court's decision to award his ex-wife $750,000 in damages after she successfully sued him for multiple instances of alleged rape during their relationship in 2014 and 2015.