Luke Dorn

Luke Dorn
Personal information
Nickname Dorny
Born (1982-07-02) 2 July 1982
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Fullback, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
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
2005–06 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 RL/London Broncos 108 68 1 0 274
2014–16 Castleford Tigers 59 45 0 0 180
Total 316 190 2 0 764
As of 26 September 2016
Source: RLP & Yesterday's Hero

Luke Dorn (born 2 July 1982 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.

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 (then known as Harlequins RL) 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 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 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 Harlequins RL 22 13 0 0 52
2010 Harlequins RL 19 18 0 0 72
2011 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 14 10 0 0 40
2016 Castleford Tigers 21 14 0 0 56

Representative career

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

References

  1. ↑ "Castleford Tigers 1st Team Luke Dorn". Official Castleford Tigers web site. Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club Ltd. 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dorn of a new era at Harlequins". London Evening Standard. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Australian Schoolboys". Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League. sportingpulse.com. January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.


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