Boyd Cordner
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Born | Taree, New South Wales, Australia | 9 June 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
2011
In Round 13 of the
2012
In Round 4, against the
In April 2012, Cordner was selected as captain of the
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
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
On 5 February 2016, Cordner suffered a pectoral muscle injury which made him miss the early rounds of the
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
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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- ^ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (1 October 2015). "Boyd Cordner wins Jack Gibson Medal". Manningrivertimes.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Roosters star Boyd Cordner confident of Anzac Day return to face St George Illawarra Dragons". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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- ^ Bossi, Dominic (22 May 2016). "Canterbury Bulldogs snap win–loss streak with commanding win over Sydney Roosters". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Sam Vileday: 'You can't make everyone happy'". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Cordner's Origin hopes dashed with injury". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Report, pictures: PM's XIII smashes PNG". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "2016 Kangaroos Four Nations squad". Nrl.com. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- TheGuardian.com. 23 September 2017.
- ^ "NRL grand final 2018: Storm vs Roosters live". news. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Emotional Blues legend Wayne Pearce opens up on his son Mitchell's battle". www.news.com.au.
- ^ "Sydney Roosters are World Club champions after Manu mauls St Helens". www.theguardian.com. 22 February 2020.
- ^ "'More than a team': Ricky's resilient Raiders keep the dream alive". www.nrl.com. 9 October 2020.
- ^ "BREAKING: Roosters skipper Boyd Cordner forced to retire due to concussion at 29". Fox Sports. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.