Boyd Cordner

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Boyd Cordner
Personal information
Born (1992-06-09) 9 June 1992 (age 31)
Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–20 Sydney Roosters 183 50 1 0 202
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–16 Country NSW 2 1 0 0 4
2013–20 New South Wales 16 2 0 0 8
2013–19 Australia 20 4 0 0 16
2016 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Boyd Cordner (born 9 June 1992) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.

He has played for

Australia
.

Early life

Cordner was born in Taree, New South Wales. Cordner's mother, Lanai, died of breast cancer when he was four years old, leaving his father Chris to raise him along with his brother Dane.[2]

Cordner played his junior football for the Old Bar Pirates and Taree Red Rovers and attended St Clare's High School before being recruited by the Sydney Roosters.

Playing career

Cordner played for the

NYC
team between 2009 and 2011.

Cordner playing for the Roosters in 2011

2011

In Round 13 of the

NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters against the New Zealand Warriors at the SFS, playing off the interchange bench in the Roosters 13–6 win.[3] Cordner finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in seven matches for the Sydney Roosters
.

2012

In Round 4, against the

AAMI Park, Cordner scored his first NRL career try in the Roosters 4–44 loss.[4]

Boyd Cordner playing for NSW under-20s in 2012

In April 2012, Cordner was selected as captain of the

New South Wales team in the inaugural under 20s State of Origin, Cordner played at second-row in NSW's 18–14 win over Queensland at Penrith Stadium.[5] Cordner finished the Roosters 2012 NRL season
with him playing in 22 matches and scoring four tries.

2013

In January 2013, Cordner extended his contract for a further three years, keeping him at the

2014

Cordner was selected for the Australian squad to play against

Suncorp Stadium.[17] Cordner finished off the Roosters' 2014 NRL season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 9 tries. In October 2014, Cordner was selected in the Australian 24-man Four Nations squad.[18]

2015

Cordner was selected for New South Wales for the 2015 State of Origin series, playing in all 3 matches off the interchange bench in the Blues 2–1 series loss.[19] Cordner finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 25 matches and scoring seven tries and being awarded as the winner of the Jack Gibson player of the year medal at the Sydney Roosters awards night.[20]

2016

Cordner playing for Australia in 2016

On 5 February 2016, Cordner suffered a pectoral muscle injury which made him miss the early rounds of the

Australian Kangaroos final 24-man squad for the tournament.[31]

2017

In 2017, Cordner captained New South Wales in the 2017 State of Origin series which was won by Queensland 2–1. Cordner was also named Roosters co-captain, leading them to the preliminary final but falling short of a grand final appearance losing to the North Queensland Cowboys 29–16. Later that year, Boyd Cordner would be selected for Australia's final World Cup squad, where he scored the winning (and only) try in the final, beating England 6–0.[32]

2018

Cordner again captained New South Wales in 2018, this time the Blues won the series 2–1; their first series win since 2014. Cordner was part of the Roosters side which won their 4th minor premiership in 6 years. On 30 September, Cordner co-captained the Sydney Roosters as the club defeated the Melbourne Storm 21–6 in the 2018 NRL grand final. He was later named in the Australian squad for their upcoming test matches, and was named captain after Greg Inglis’ suspension from the squad after his drink driving charge.[33]

2019

Cordner played in all three games for New South Wales in the

ANZ Stadium and won their second consecutive premiership. The premiership victory was Cordner's third as a player.[34][35]

On 7 October, Cordner was named in the Australian side for the Oceania Cup fixtures.

2020

Cordner was rested from the Sydney Roosters in their 2020 World Club Challenge victory over St Helens R.F.C., due to the club trying to reduce his workload.[36]

Cordner played 13 games for the Sydney Roosters in the 2020 NRL season, scoring 2 tries. The club finished fourth and qualified for the finals but were eliminated after consecutive losses ended their quest for three premiership victories in a row.[37]

2021

Sidelined for the entire first half of the year while recovering from multiple concussions, Cordner was forced into retirement due to ongoing symptoms.[38]

References

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  2. ^ "Sydney Roosters star Boyd Cordner's act of kindness that melted his own father". Fox Sports Australia. News Corporation. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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  20. ^ Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (1 October 2015). "Boyd Cordner wins Jack Gibson Medal". Manningrivertimes.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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  29. ^ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  30. ^ "Report, pictures: PM's XIII smashes PNG". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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  32. TheGuardian.com
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  36. ^ "Sydney Roosters are World Club champions after Manu mauls St Helens". www.theguardian.com. 22 February 2020.
  37. ^ "'More than a team': Ricky's resilient Raiders keep the dream alive". www.nrl.com. 9 October 2020.
  38. ^ "BREAKING: Roosters skipper Boyd Cordner forced to retire due to concussion at 29". Fox Sports. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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