Jordan Atkins
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| Born | 22 January 1983 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan Atkins (born 22 January 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the London Broncos in the Super League. His positions of choice are at wing or centre.
Early life
[edit]Atkins was born in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia.
Early playing career
[edit]In 2004, Atkins travelled to the United Kingdom as a member of the Australian Universities rugby league team.
He spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons playing with the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup while studying for his teaching degree at the University of Southern Queensland.[4]
Playing career
[edit]2008-10: Career with Gold Coast
[edit]Atkins made his first-grade début against the North Queensland Cowboys in round one of the National Rugby League (NRL) 2008 season. Atkin's tally of four tries in that match equalled the standing record for most tries in an Australian first grade début set by Johnno Stuntz for Eastern Suburbs début 1908 season, which was the first match of the opening game of rugby league in Australia, and later Canterbury Bankstown's Tony Nash in the 1942 season.[5] [6]
2011-12: Career with Parramatta
[edit]In September 2010, Atkins signed a two-year contract with the Parramatta Eels for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[7] Atkins played 12 games for Parramatta in the 2011 NRL season as the club narrowly avoided the wooden spoon. Parramatta managed to avoid the dreaded award by beating Atkins former club the Gold Coast in the final round of the year.[8]
London Broncos
[edit]In February 2014, Atkins signed a one-year deal to play with London Broncos in England. Atkins retired at the end of the season.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Rugby League Projectl
- ^ London Official
- ^ Steve Ricketts (28 February 2008). "Ex-Australian Universities star Jordan Atkins doing OK". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ Laine Clark (14 March 2008). "Atkins scores four tries on debut". Fox Sports News Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ Pat Mcleod (15 March 2008). "Jordan so flash in dream debut". goldcoast.com.au. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans to avoid wooden spoon for 2011". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Broncos sign outside back Atkins". BBC Sport.
External links
[edit]- 1983 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Burleigh Bears players
- Gold Coast Titans players
- London Broncos players
- Parramatta Eels players
- People from Stanthorpe, Queensland
- Queensland Residents rugby league team players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby league players from Queensland
- Wentworthville Magpies players
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen