Luke Dorn

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Luke Dorn
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Personal information
Nickname Dorny
Born (1982-07-02) 2 July 1982 (age 42)
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth, Fullback, Scrum-half/Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002 Northern Eagles 19 2 0 0 8
2003 Manly Warringah 18 3 0 0 12
2004 Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
2005–06 London Broncos 58 42 0 0 168
2007 Salford City Reds 27 11 0 0 44
2008 Castleford Tigers 26 19 1 0 78
2009–13 Harlequins/London Broncos 108 68 1 0 274
2014– Castleford Tigers 36 25 0 0 100
Total 293 170 2 0 684
As of 3 September 2015
Source: RLP & Yesterday's Hero

Luke Dorn (born (1982-07-02) 2 July 1982 (age 42) in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Castleford Tigers club in the Super League. His normal position is fullback.

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Dorn in action for Castleford

Playing career

Dorn played his junior rugby league for the Maitland Pickers and played for the Northern Eagles, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.

In 2005 he moved to the Super League competition, joining London Broncos where he developed a reputation as a prolific try scorer. In 2007 Dorn moved to Salford City Reds, but was less successful and the team was relegated at the end of the season. Dorn then joined the Castleford Tigers in 2008 before returning to London Broncos (now renamed Harlequins) in 2009.[2] In total Dorn played for the London Broncos 160 times in 2 spells, becoming the club's all-time record try scorer with 104 tries. He scored his 100th try for the Broncos in a spell where he scored 8 tries in two back to back games.

At the end of 2013, Dorn signed for Castleford Tigers for a second time. He enjoyed a career resurgence in 2014 and appeared in the 2014 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, his first major final.

Statistics

Year Team Matches Tries Goals Field Goals Points
2002 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 19 2 0 0 8
2003 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 18 3 0 0 12
2004 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
2005 London Broncos 31 24 0 0 96
2006 16px Harlequins RL 27 18 0 0 72
2007 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 29 11 0 0 44
2008 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 26 19 1 0 76
2009 16px Harlequins RL 22 13 0 0 52
2010 16px Harlequins RL 19 18 0 0 72
2011 16px Harlequins RL 23 15 1 0 62
2012 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 24 16 0 0 64
2013 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 20 6 0 0 24
2014 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 24 19 0 0 76
*2015 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 12 6 0 0 24

(* denotes season still competing)

As of 3 September 2015

Representative career

Dorn represented the Australian Schoolboys team in 2000 whilst attending Maitland All Saints College.[3]

References

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