- Jordan Rankin
Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Jordan Rankin
fullname = Jordan Rankin
caption =
country =
position = Half-back
currentclub = leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|size=16Gold Coast Titans
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1991|12|17|df=yes
placeofbirth =
countryofbirth =
height =
weight = convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on
club1 = leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|size=16Gold Coast Titans
year1start = 2008
year1end = present
appearances1 = 1
tries1 = 0
goals1 = 0
fieldgoals1 = 0
points1 = 0
updated = 10:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
source =Jordan Rankin (born
17 December 1991 ) is anAustralia n professionalrugby league player for theGold Coast Titans in theNational Rugby League (NRL) competition. Rankin primarily plays in the half-back position.cite news|author=James Hooper|publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)"|title=Titans to punt on 16-year-old |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24156463-23214,00.html |accessdate=2008-08-10|date=2008-08-10 ]At 16 years and 238 days, Rankin is the third youngest player to make their debut in Australian first-grade rugby league. Eastern Suburbs player
Ray Stehr in 1929 and Wests' Jack Arnold in 1936 are the only two players younger than Rankin on debut.cite news|author=James Hooper|publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)"|title=Titans to punt on 16-year-old |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24156463-23214,00.html |accessdate=2008-08-10|date=2008-08-10 ] Selected for the Australian Schoolboy's side to play touring teams from England and France, Rankin was required to withdraw from the representative team in order to train with the Titans squad ahead of the NRL game against theNewcastle Knights on11 August 2008 . [cite news|author=Christian Nicolussi |publisher="The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)"|title=Titan teen Jordan Rankin faces tough initiation |url= http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,24157292-5006066,00.html |accessdate=2008-08-11|date=2008-08-11 ]Captain of the Titans' Under-18s side, Rankin was promoted to the club's
National Youth Competition team in June, 2008. [cite news|author=Dan Koch|publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)"|title=Teen No.7 ready to graduate|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24159233-23214,00.html |accessdate=2008-08-11|date=2008-08-11 ]In August 2008, Rankin re-signed with the Titans on a three year deal.cite news|author=Adam Gardini|publisher="League Unlimited"|title=Titans re-sign boom youngster |url=http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=16756 |accessdate=2008-08-10|date=
2008-08-06 ]Footnotes
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