Jordan Atkins

Jordan Atkins

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Personal information
Full name	Jordan Atkins
Nickname	Air Jordan
Born	(1983-01-22) 22 January 1983 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–10	Gold Coast Titans	28	8	0	0	32
2011	Parramatta Eels	12	3	0	0	12
2013	Gold Coast Titans	2	0	0	0	0
2014	London Broncos	14	4	0	0	16
	Total	56	15	0	0	60
As of 16 September 2014
Source: London Official

Jordan Atkins (born 22 January 1983 in Stanthorpe, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the London Broncos in the Super League. His positions of choice are at Wing or Centre.

Early playing career

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.

Playing career

2008-10: Career with Gold Coast

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.

2011-12: Career with Parramatta

In September 2010, Atkins signed a 2-year contract with the Parramatta Eels for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

External links

• Elite Athletes at USQ
• Interview with Jordan Atkins after his four-try debut against the Cowboys
• Jordan Atkins at www.rleague.com