Luke Dorn
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Personal information | ||||||
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Nickname | Dorny | |||||
Born | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
2 July 1982 |||||
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 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.
2 July 1982 inPlaying 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 |
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2002 | Northern Eagles | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2003 | Manly Sea Eagles | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2004 | 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 | Salford City Reds | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
2008 | 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 | London Broncos | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
2013 | London Broncos | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
2014 | Castleford Tigers | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
*2015 | 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
External links
- Harlequins Rugby League profile
- Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
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