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Jordan Rankin
Personal information
Born (1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 (age 32)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb)[1]
Playing information
PositionFullback, Five-eighth, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–13 Gold Coast Titans 17 1 0 0 4
2014–15 Hull F.C. 47 21 51 0 186
2016– Wests Tigers 20 7 27 0 82
Total 84 29 78 0 272
As of 14 August 2016

Jordan Rankin (born 17 December 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He plays at fullback, five-eighth and halfback and previously played for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League, and Hull F.C. in the Super League.

Playing career

Gold Coast

Rankin started the 2008 season playing S. G. Ball for the Titans before he was promoted to the club's National Youth Competition team in June.[2]

At 16 years and 238 days, Rankin became the third youngest player to make their debut in Australian first-grade rugby league after coming off the bench for the Titans against the Newcastle Knights in round 22.[3] Eastern Suburbs player Ray Stehr in 1929 and Wests' Jack Arnold in 1936 are the only two players younger than Rankin on debut.[3] Selected for the Australian Schoolboys 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 game.[4]

After his debut, Rankin returned to the club's NYC team, where he would stay for the remainder of the 2008 season. Rankin later said, "I'm not going to say I wasn't thrown in too young but it was an opportunity I took ... that I was given... it is one of those things I have to live with now. Sixteen is obviously, when you look at it now, a bit young."[5]

In August 2008, Rankin re-signed with the Titans on a three-year deal.[6] Rankin didn't add to his NRL game tally in either the 2009 or 2010 seasons, instead playing in the NYC for the Titans. After 2 seasons without a single NRL game, Rankin returned in round 16 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He later said, "I played one game and didn't play for another two years and that dents your confidence. I didn't play my natural game, I played a bit more conservative[5] He played 8 NRL games during the 2011 season.

England

In late 2013 English Super League club Hull FC announced the signing of Rankin on a 2-year deal as a direct replacement for outgoing half Daniel Holdsworth. He scored a try on his Super League debut against the Catalan Dragons. Rankin played two Championship matches for English club Doncaster in 2015.

Wests

On 15 September 2015, Rankin signed a 2-year contract to return to the National Rugby League with the Wests Tigers starting in 2016.[7] He played on the wing in the first round match against the New Zealand Warriors, saying, "I wouldn't say it's my debut all over again. I feel like I've got the opportunity now to play as a more experienced first-grade footy player."[8] The next week, he scored his first try for the club against Manly.

Remaining on the wing, Rankin took over the team's goal-kicking duties in round 6. In round 9, he moved to fullback in the second half of the game after an injury to James Tedesco. He was awarded Man of the Match and finished with 2 tries and 7 tackle breaks.[9]

Statistics

Season Team Pld T G FG Pts
2008 Gold Coast Titans 1 - - - -
2009 Gold Coast Titans - - - - -
2010 Gold Coast Titans - - - - -
2011 Gold Coast Titans 8 - - - -
2012 Gold Coast Titans 6 1 - - 4
2013 Gold Coast Titans 2 - - - -
2014 Hull FC 23 10 34 - 108
2015 Doncaster 2 - - - -
2015 Hull FC 24 11 17 - 78
*2016 Wests Tigers 19 7 21 - 70
Totals 85 29 72 - 260

(* denotes season still competing)

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Hull 1st Team Jordan Rankin". Hull FC. Hull FC. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ Dan Koch (11 August 2008). "Teen No.7 ready to graduate". Fox Sports News (Australia). Retrieved 11 August 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b James Hooper (10 August 2008). "Titans to punt on 16-year-old". Fox Sports News (Australia). Retrieved 10 August 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Christian Nicolussi (11 August 2008). "Titan teen Jordan Rankin faces tough initiation". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 11 August 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b Daniel Lane (16 March 2016). "How Wests Tigers recruit Jordan Rankin rebuilt a promising NRL career". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ^ Adam Gardini (6 August 2008). "Titans re-sign boom youngster". League Unlimited. Retrieved 10 August 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Wests Tigers strengthen 2016 squad | NRL". Zero Tackle. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  8. ^ Michael Carayannis (2 March 2016). "Wests Tigers winger Jordan Rankin opens up on anxiety issues before NRL return". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. ^ Matthew Mangiapane. "Rankin man of the match in good win". Footy Prophet.