Jake (The Snake) Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. Howe was born on 4 June 1991. On 10 March 2012, Howe was wrestling with his best friend on the Barrack Street Jetty during a 21st birthday party river cruise. He landed on his head and this broke a bone in neck and crushed his spinal cord, paralysing him from the armpits down. At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas. He lives in Perth, Western Australia.