James Maloney (rugby league)
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Full name | James Maloney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | 15 June 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 1 lb (83 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 9 January 2024 |
James Maloney (born 15 June 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and current assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys.
A
During his career, he was an Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin, Country Origin and Prime Minister's XIII representative.
Background
Maloney was born in
Maloney played his junior rugby for the St Edwards Bears, Ourimbah Wyoming Magpies and the North Sydney Bears.[4]
Playing career
Early career
Coming down from the Central Coast, Maloney first trialled with
2009
In 2009, Maloney moved to
Maloney represented the NSW Residents in 2009 against the Queensland Residents. Despite good form at both NSW Cup and NRL level, Maloney was restricted to just 4 matches in the top grade in the 2009 NRL season, rival clubs were lining up to give Maloney a better opportunity in first grade and by season's end on 7 August 2009, Maloney had signed a 3-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors beginning in 2010.[8][9]
2010
In Round 1 of the
2011
Maloney had an exceptional year for the Warriors where he helped his team make it into the
2012
Maloney finished his last year with the New Zealand Warriors with him being the club's highest point scorer with 153 points, scoring 4 tries, kicking 67 goals and kicking 3 field goals in all of the 24 matches.[citation needed]
2013
In Round 1 of the
2014
Even though Maloney would play no representative matches for the year, he led the Roosters to get their second Minor Premiership in a row.[26] Maloney finished the 2014 NRL season with him playing in all of the Roosters 27 matches, scored 5 tries, kicked 106 goals and kicked 2 field goals, being tied with Dally M winner Johnathan Thurston as being the NRL's competitions highest point scorer with 234 points.
2015
In January 2015, Maloney was named in the Roosters 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[27]
On 3 May 2015, Maloney played for Country Origin against City Origin, playing at five-eighth and kicking 5 goals in the 34–22 win at
2016
In Round 1 of the
2017
Maloney was selected play for New South Wales for the
2018
In Round 1 of the
Maloney made a total of 22 appearances for Penrith as the club finished 5th on the table. In week one of the finals, Maloney kicked a field goal and scored a try as Penrith defeated the New Zealand Warriors 27–12. In week two, Penrith were eliminated by Maloney's former side the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 21–20.[52]
2019
At the beginning of the 2019 season, Penrith were expected to be challenging for position in the top 4 of the competition but found themselves sitting last on the table after only winning 2 of their first 10 games with Maloney and teammate Nathan Cleary copping criticism. Maloney was not selected by NSW coach Brad Fittler for the first game of the 2019 State of Origin series.
In Round 12 against Manly, Maloney kicked 3 goals and field goal as Penrith won the match 15–12. In the following 2 weeks, Maloney kicked field goals which won Penrith the match against
In Round 15 against the New Zealand Warriors, Maloney kicked his third field goal of the season as Penrith defeated New Zealand 19–18 in golden point extra time.[57] In Game 3 of the
On 24 July, it was announced that Maloney had signed a three-year deal starting from the 2020 season with the Catalans Dragons.[59][60]
Maloney's final game in the
2020
Maloney played 14 games for Catalans Dragons in the 2020 Super League season including the 48-2 semi-final loss against St Helens. Maloney was sent to the sin bin in the first half of the game for a high tackle.[62]
2021
In round 1 of the 2021 Super League season. Maloney kicked a field goal in golden point extra-time to earn Catalans Dragons a 29-28 victory over
In the 2021
On 9 October, Maloney played for Catalans in their 2021 Super League Grand Final defeat against St. Helens. It was also Maloney's final match as a top-level professional rugby league player as he announced his retirement earlier in the season.[66]
Elite 1
On 6 December 2021, Maloney made his debut for FC Lezignan XIII in the French Elite 1, scoring five goals and the match-winning field goal.[67] On 10 April 2022, Maloney was stood down from playing after an alleged doping breach.[68]
Statistics
Season | Team | Pld | T | G | G% | FG | P |
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2009 | Melbourne Storm | 4 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
2010 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 10 | 73/97 | 75.26% | 2 | 188 |
2011 | 27 | 10 | 82/110 | 74.55% | 2 | 206 | |
2012 | 24 | 4 | 67/88 | 76.14% | 3 | 153 | |
2013 | Sydney Roosters | 25 | 9 | 108/124 | 87.10% | – | 252 |
2014 | 27 | 5 | 106/127 | 83.46% | 2 | 234 | |
2015 | 27 | 9 | 106/128 | 82.81% | 2 | 250 | |
2016 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 25 | 7 | 94/121 | 77.69% | 3 | 219 |
2017 | 20 | 4 | 71/81 | 87.65% | 3 | 161 | |
2018 | Penrith Panthers | 44 | 2 | 12/14 | 85.71% | 4 | 27 |
Overall | 247 | 64 | 732/951 | 81.81% | 25 | 1,825 |
Coaching career
On 14 November 2023, Maloney joined the North Queensland Cowboys as an assistant coach, signing a two-year contract.[69]
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