- Michael Gordon (rugby league)
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Michael Gordon Personal information Nickname Flash Gordon Born 24 October 1983
Cooma, New South Wales, AustraliaHeight 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) Playing information Position Wing, Fullback Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006– Penrith Panthers 96 52 271 0 750 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010 New South Wales 1 0 3 0 6 As of 13 April 2011 Michael Gordon (born 24 October 1983 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Penrith Panthers of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking winger he has played his whole career to date with the Panthers. Michael Gordon did his schooling via Kingscliff High School and graduated from Year 12 in 2001.
In the 2009 season, Gordon kicked 23 consecutive goals before missing one. Gordon established himself as the Panthers number one goalkicker in 2009.
Michael Gordon's ability to single handedly tear his opposition ultimately turned himself into a fan favourite. In mid-2010, there were rumours suggesting Greg Inglis would arrive to Penrith at the expense of Michael Gordon due to salary cap resrictions, but after hearing from the fans (such as social websites like Facebook and Twitter), Mick Leary decided to opt with Michael Gordon and eliminating any chance of Inglis coming to Penrith. Gordon has been labelled the 'backbone' in Penrith's outside backs.
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Season 2010-2011
Gordon will have reached the highlight of his career to date. Gordon has been named as a starting winger and first-choice goalkicker for the New South Wales State of Origin Team in Game III, 2010. This was also his representative debut.
On Wednesday July 7, 2010, Michael Gordon made his representative debut for New South Wales kicking 3 goals from 3 attempts.
Michael Gordon kicked his 200th NRL goal in Round 11 2010, and in Round 24 of the 2010 NRL season, Gordon set a new club record for most points in a match with 30 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. In Round 26 of the 2010 NRL season, Gordon set a new club record for most points in a season with 14 tries, 98 goals, 252 points. He also filled in as a fullback instead of his normal position of wing several times in the season as the Penrith Panthers original fullback at the time being, Lachlan Coote obtained a groin injury, prompting the Penrith Panthers coach Matthew Elliott putting his trust in Gordon to get the job done in fullback.
In Round 10 of the 2011 NRL season Gordon injured his ACL which would require surgery which would rule him out for the remainder of the season. However there was some hope he could be back if the Panthers made the last few weeks of the 2011 Finals series, in which they didn't, with Penrith finishing 12th on the 2011 NRL ladder.
Records
- Most Points in a Match (Penrith): 30 vs. South Sydney, Round 23, 2010
- Most Points in a Season (Penrith): 230* - 2010
- Most Goals in a season (Penrith): 87*
- correct prior to round 24, 2010
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Penrith Panthers – current squad Austin · Civoniceva (c) · Bell · Burns · Coote · Earl · Elford · Fatiaki · Gibb · M. Gordon · Y. Gordon · Grant · Iosefa · Jennings · Kingston · Lewis · McKendry · Plum · Purtell · Seluini · Siejka · Simmons · Smith · Tahu · Tighe · Vaivai · Walker · Walsh · Waterhouse · Weston · Winitana · Worrincy ·
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National Rugby League season top points scorers 1908 Horrie Miller • 1909 Arthur Conlin • 1910–12 Dally Messenger • 1913–14 Harold Horder • 1915 Wally Messenger • 1916–17 Charles Fraser • 1918 Harold Horder • 1919 A McPherson • 1920 Frank Burge • 1921 Rex Norman • 1922 Harold Horder • 1923 Arthur Oxford • 1924 Jack Courtney • 1925 Benny Wearing • 1926 Jack Courtney • 1927 Alf Blair • 1928 Benny Wearing • 1929–30 Jim Craig • 1931 Jack Lynch • 1932 Les Mead • 1933 Syd Christensen • 1934–1935 Dave Brown • 1936 Syd Christensen • 1937 Jack Beaton • 1938 Tom Kirk • 1939 Neville Smith • 1940 Tom Kirk • 1941 Neville Smith • 1942 Ray Lindwall • 1943–1944 Tom Kirk • 1945 Dick Dunn • 1946 Tom Kirk • 1947 Pat Devery • 1948 Jack Lindwall • 1949–50 Bill Keato • 1951–54 Ron Rowles • 1955–56 Doug Fleming • 1957 Darcy Russell • 1958 Harry Bath • 1959 Darcy Russell • 1960 Brian Graham • 1961 Bob Landers • 1962 Don Parish • 1963–65 Fred Griffiths • 1966 Bob Lanigan • 1967–70 Eric Simms • 1971 Graeme Langlands • 1972 Allan McKean • 1973 Graeme Langlands • 1974–76 Graham Eadie • 1977–79 Michael Cronin • 1980 Steve Gearin • 1981 Steve Rogers • 1982 Michael Cronin • 1983 Michael Eden • 1984 Steve Gearin • 1985 Michael Cronin • 1986 Terry Lamb • 1987 Ross Conlon • 1988 Gary Belcher • 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford • 1990 Mal Meninga • 1991–94 Daryl Halligan • 1995 Matthew Ridge • 1996 Jason Taylor • 1997 Jason Taylor (ARL) Ryan Girdler (SL) • 1998 Ivan Cleary • 1999 Matt Geyer • 2000 Joel Caine • 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker • 2002–04 Hazem El Masri • 2005 Brett Hodgson • 2006–07 Hazem El Masri • 2008 Luke Covell • 2009 Hazem El Masri • 2010 Michael Gordon • 2011 Benji Marshall
Categories:- 1983 births
- Australian rugby league players
- Penrith Panthers players
- New South Wales Country rugby league team players
- New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
- Living people
- People from Cooma, New South Wales
- Rugby league wingers
- Australian rugby league biography, 1980s birth stubs
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