Jordan Meads
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| Born | 16 February 1992 New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 28 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jordan Meads (born 16 February 1992) is a Greek international rugby league footballer who currently players for Beerwah Bulldogs. Primarily playing as a halfback or fullback, as well as representing Greece, he has also played for the New Zealand Warriors and Gateshead Thunder (now Newcastle Thunder).
Career
Meads was part of the New Zealand Warriors u20 team that won the 2011 National Youth Competition by defeating the North Queensland Cowboys 31-30 in the grand final. Meads kicked the winning field goal in golden point, and was named man of the match.[2]
In 2012 Meads left the Warriors and had short stints with Sporting Olympique Avignon in the Elite One Championship and the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Intrust Super Cup. He then signed with League 1 side Gateshead Thunder in hope of playing in the Super League.[3]
In 2015 Meads returned to Australia due to family reasons and decided to play for the Beerwah bulldogs in Queensland.[4]
International career
Meads has represented Greece at international level, playing 3 matches in October 2014 as part of the 2014 Euro C and 2014 Balkans Cup. He returned to the team during the 2018 Euro C, and was named in the Greek squad for the 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship,[5] but did not take the field during the tournament. He was the captain of their 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying campaign, in which they qualified for their first ever Rugby League World Cup.
References
- ^ "Jordan Meads". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "The Warriors swarm over Jordan Meads after his match-winning field goal". ABC. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Newsum, Matt (8 August 2014). "Jordan Meads: Ex-NRL talent hopes Thunder can fulfil promise". BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "What happened to the best under 20s side the NRL has ever seen?". sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ Walter, Brad (19 September 2018). "Coaching rivals to team up for Greece". NRL.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
