Jordan McLean
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| McLean playing for the Storm-Sharks combined team in 2013. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 10 August 1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013– | Melbourne Storm | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016 | NSW Country | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 13 September 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Jordan McLean (born 8 October 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales Country representative, he plays at prop.
Early life
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McLean is of Māori descent and played his junior rugby league for the Young Cherrypickers. He was then signed by the Canberra Raiders and played for them in the Harold Matthews Cup before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.[2] He played for the Storm's NYC team from 2009 to 2011[3] and was a part of their 2009 NYC premiership winning team.
NRL career
On 10 June 2013, McLean re-signed with the Storm for a further 3 years, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2016 season.[4] In Round 11 of the 2013 NRL season, McLean made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Sydney Roosters at the SFS from the interchange bench in the Storm's 26-18 win.[5] In Round 23 against the Newcastle Knights at Hunter Stadium, McLean scored his first career try in the Storm's 23-10 win.[6] McLean finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring a try for the Storm.
In Round 3 of the 2014 NRL season the Melbourne Storm played the Newcastle Knights at a home game at AAMI Park in the Storm's 28-20 win, shortly before half-time, McLean was involved in a 3-man tackle with team mates Jesse and Kenny Bromwich, where Knights forward Alex McKinnon subsequently suffered fractures to C4 and C5 vertebrae and was admitted to Melbourne's The Alfred Hospital and placed in a medically induced coma. Early reports were that McKinnon was unlikely to walk again. McLean expressed his sympathies to McKinnon through a Facebook post that read "Best wishes to Alex McKinnon, I genuinely hope you're alright and have a safe recovery". On 2 April, McLean appeared before the NRL judiciary. McLean's lawyer Nick Ghabar, urged the panel to remove any emotion from the case and to exercise their common sense as former players, to accept the tackle was an accident, however, his client was given a seven-match suspension. A devastated McLean could not bear to look at numerous replays of the tackle.[7][8][9] McLean returned to the Storm side in Round 14 against the Gold Coast Titans at Cbus Super Stadium, playing in the Storm's 24-20 win.[10] He finished off the 2014 season having played in 16 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Storm.[11]
On 24 March, McLean re-signed with Storm for a further three years, keeping him at the club to the end of the 2018 season.[12] He finished off the 2015 season having played in 15 matches for the Storm.[13]
On 8 May, McLean played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City.[14]
References
- ↑ "Jordan McLean - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Raiders.com.au - Official Website of the Canberra Raiders". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150214013420/http://rleague.com/players/Jordan-McLean_2566/Matches/. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Storm re-signs young talent | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Storm v Roosters at Allianz Stadium". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Knights v Storm Match Report". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "McLean Sends Message to Injured McKinnon". Nrl.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "How One Tackle Changed the Lives of Newcastle Player Alex McKinnon and Melbourne storm's Jordan McLean". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Jordan McLean needs 'support' after Alex McKinnon tackle | Sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Storm's McLean happy to be back". NRL.com. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Jordan McLean Says He Resigned with the Storm to Repay the Favour for the Support Shown to Him Through Tough Times". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Young City side stun Country". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-10.