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<a href="/wiki/NSW_Waratahs" class="mw-redirect" title="NSW Waratahs">Waratahs</a> during <a href="/wiki/2019_Super_Rugby_season" title="2019 Super Rugby season">Super Rugby</a>, February 2019</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Date of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1995-07-06</span>) </span>6 July 1995<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 29)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Newtown,_New_South_Wales" title="Newtown, New South Wales">Newtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">186 cm (6 ft 1 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Secondary_College" title="Sydney Secondary College">Sydney Secondary College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">University</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;color:inherit;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Scrum-Half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scrum-Half (rugby union)">Scrum-half</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Current team</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data org" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">Waratahs</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;color:inherit;">Amateur team(s)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2013–2019</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Sydney_University_Football_Club" title="Sydney University Football Club">Sydney University</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 78</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (220)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 16 July 2022</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;color:inherit;">Senior career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2014–2015</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Stars" title="Sydney Stars">Sydney Stars</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 17</td><td class="infobox-data 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style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 101</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (160)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 1 July 2024</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;color:inherit;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2018–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 20</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (5)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 1 July 2024</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Jake Gordon</b> (born 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Gordon is a product of <a href="/wiki/Sydney_University_Football_Club" title="Sydney University Football Club">Sydney University</a>'s first-grade side, who he has played for since 2013. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jake_Gordon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, he was selected for the inaugural season of the <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_Championship" title="National Rugby Championship">National Rugby Championship</a> (NRC), playing for the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Stars" title="Sydney Stars">Sydney Stars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained with the side for the <a href="/wiki/2015_National_Rugby_Championship" title="2015 National Rugby Championship">2015 season</a>, which saw Gordon start in all nine games, including the semi-final against <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_City_(rugby_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brisbane City (rugby team)">Brisbane City</a> whom won the match: 47–32.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Stars" title="Sydney Stars">Sydney Stars</a>, Gordon changed teams to the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Country_Eagles" title="New South Wales Country Eagles">New South Wales Country Eagles</a>. </p><p>In 2016, Gordon signed with the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">New South Wales Waratahs</a> on a one-year deal after training with the extended playing squad in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, for all of the <a href="/wiki/2016_Super_Rugby_season" title="2016 Super Rugby season">2016 Super Rugby season</a>, Gordon was behind <a href="/wiki/Nick_Phipps_(rugby_union)" title="Nick Phipps (rugby union)">Nick Phipps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Lucas_(rugby_union)" title="Matt Lucas (rugby union)">Matt Lucas</a> and did not make an appearance all season. Gordon was later a key figure in the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Country_Eagles" title="New South Wales Country Eagles">New South Wales Country Eagles</a> team that finished runner-up to <a href="/wiki/Perth_Spirit" title="Perth Spirit">Perth Spirit</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_National_Rugby_Championship" title="2016 National Rugby Championship">2016 National Rugby Championship</a>. He finished the season as joint-try scorer with 9 tries to his name and was voted as the 2016 Buildcorp NRC Players’ Player at the annual RUPA Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg/170px-Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg/255px-Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg/340px-Jake_Gordon_NSW_Country_Eagles_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4928" /></a><figcaption>Gordon playing for the New South Wales Country Eagles.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2017, Gordon remained as a member of the Waratahs extended playing squad.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With injury to Nick Phipps in the early part of the <a href="/wiki/2017_Super_Rugby_season" title="2017 Super Rugby season">2017 Super Rugby season</a>, Gordon found himself on the bench ahead of the Round 2 clash against the <a href="/wiki/Lions_(Super_Rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lions (Super Rugby)">Lions</a> and replaced Matt Lucas on the 60th minute to make his Super Rugby debut.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Round 4, he scored his first Super Rugby try in just his second appearance for his franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned his first start the following week against the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rebels" title="Melbourne Rebels">Melbourne Rebels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 June 2017, Gordon was a late call up to the <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia national squad</a>, replacing injured team mate Nick Phipps, ahead of their <a href="/wiki/2017_mid-year_rugby_union_internationals" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 mid-year rugby union internationals">June tests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, Gordon was called up to the <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia national squad</a> by the new head coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(rugby_union)" title="Joe Schmidt (rugby union)">Joe Schmidt</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jake_Gordon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/News/NewsArticle/tabid/157/ArticleID/17405/NSW-Waratahs-Michael-Hooper-and-Jake-Gordon-win-at-annual-Volvo-RUPA-Awards.aspx">NSW WARATAHS, MICHAEL HOOPER AND JAKE GORDON WIN AT ANNUAL VOLVO-RUPA AWARDS</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/News/NewsArticle/tabid/157/ArticleID/17397/New-and-experienced-home-grown-talent-headlines-NSW-Waratahs-squad-for-2017.aspx">NEW AND EXPERIENCED HOME GROWN TALENT HEADLINES NSW WARATAHS SQUAD FOR 2017</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/03/03/21/02/waratahs-lions-injury">Double injury blow for Waratahs</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/match-centre/?season=2017&competition=205&match=517027">Lions v Waratahs</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/news/late-brumbies-surge-sinks-waratahs/">LATE BRUMBIES SURGE SINKS WARATAHS</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/nick-phipps-to-make-way-for-jake-gordon-as-waratahs-make-changes-for-melbourne-rebels-clash/news-story/3b511e9a379b77dbf703cc10222e8449">Nick Phipps to make way for Jake Gordon as Waratahs make changes for Melbourne 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