Noel Goldthorpe

Noel Goldthorpe

Personal information
Born	25 December 1969 (1969-12-25) Botany, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position	Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1990–1991	Wests (Sydney)	5	0	0	0	0
1992–1996	St. George Dragons	106	25	44	16	204
1997	Hunter Mariners	14	3	8	0	28
1998	Adelaide Rams	22	1	1	0	6
1999–2000	Nth Qld Cowboys	35	1	28	0	60
	Total	182	30	81	16	298
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1992–1993	NSW City	2	0	0	0	0
1997	New South Wales (SL)	3	0	0	1	1
Source: NRL Stats

Noel Goldthorpe (born 25 December 1969 in Botany, New South Wales, Australia) is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s. He played most of his career in the halves for the St George Dragons. Goldthorpe also played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Hunter Mariners, Adelaide Rams and the North Queensland Cowboys, whom he captained.

Goldthorpe is notable for breaking the deadlock with a field goal for New South Wales in what was the longest recorded game of rugby league: the final of the 1997 Super League Tri-series against Queensland. In an ironic twist, however, he lost his starting spot at his club due to the impressive debut of Brett Kimmorley who had played in his stead while he was on representative duty with New South Wales.

Goldthorpe is currently the captain-coach of the Noosa Pirates in the Sunshine Coast Rugby League competition.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Dale Mitchell. "Legend Q&A". Rugby League Week (Sydney, NSW: PBLMedia) (2 April 2008): pgs 30–31. 
• Noel Goldthorpe stats at rugbyleagueproject.com