Jordan Atkins
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Jordan Atkins |
| Date of birth |
22 January 1983 (1983-01-22) (age 25) |
| Place of birth |
Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia |
| Nickname(s) |
Air Jordan |
| University(s) |
University of Southern Queensland |
| Club information |
| Position(s) |
Centre/Wing |
| Current club |
Gold Coast Titans |
| Youth clubs |
| Years |
Club |
|
Stanthorpe Gremlins |
| Other clubs |
| Years |
Club |
| 2006–2007 |
Burleigh Bears |
| Senior clubs* |
| Years |
Club |
Apps (points) |
| 2008– |
Gold Coast Titans |
3 (20) |
|
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.
|
Jordan Atkins (born 22 January 1983 in Stanthorpe, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. His position of choice is on the wing.
Atkins made his first-grade debut against the North Queensland Cowboys in round one of the 2008 season. Atkin's tally of four tries in that match equalled the standing record for most tries in an Australian first grade debut set by Johnno Stuntz for Eastern Suburbs debut 1908 season, which was the first match of the opening game of rugby league in Australia, and later Canterbury Bankstown's Tony Nash in the 1942 season.[1] [2]
In 2004, Atkins travelled to the United Kingdom as a member of the Australian Universities rugby league team. He spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons playing with the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup while studying for his teaching degree at the University of Southern Queensland.[3]
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