Noel Goldthorpe

Noel Goldthorpe
Personal information
Born (1969-12-25) 25 December 1969
Botany, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position Halfback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–91 Western Suburbs 5 0 0 0 0
1992–96 St. George Dragons 106 25 44 16 204
1997 Hunter Mariners 14 3 8 0 28
1998 Adelaide Rams 22 1 1 0 6
1999–00 North Queensland 35 1 28 0 60
Total 182 30 81 16 298
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997 New South Wales (SL) 3 0 0 1 1
Source: [1][2]

Noel Goldthorpe (born 25 December 1969 in Botany, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s. He played most of his career in the halves for the St George Dragons. Goldthorpe also played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Hunter Mariners, Adelaide Rams and the North Queensland Cowboys, whom he captained.

Career

Goldthorpe made his debut on 1 July 1990, coming off the bench in a loss to Cronulla. It was his only appearance for the season. He made 5 appearances for the Magpies in 1991, 4 off the bench. His sole starting game for the club was in round when regular halfback Jason Taylor was dropped to the bench by coach Warren Ryan after a poor game.[3]

Having lead the Magpies reserve grade team to the semi-finals, Goldthorpe was hoping to re-sign with the team for 1992. He said, "I was shattered They said I could stay if I wanted but there'd be no money. They really didn't want me. I was driving home from Western Suburbs thinking 'what am I going to do?'"[4] He approached St. George coach Brain Smith, and signed a one year contract.

Goldthorpe is notable for breaking the deadlock with a field goal for New South Wales in what was the longest recorded game of rugby league: the final of the 1997 Super League Tri-series against Queensland. In an ironic twist, however, he lost his starting spot at his club due to the impressive debut of Brett Kimmorley who had played in his stead while he was on representative duty with New South Wales.

Goldthorpe was later the captain-coach of the Noosa Pirates in the Sunshine Coast Rugby League competition.

References

  1. ↑ NRL Stats
  2. ↑ Noel Goldthorpe stats at rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ↑ Daniel Williams (3 April 1991). "Raiders in more strife as Daley is ruled out". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Paul Kent (12 September 1993). "Play for nothing". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 60.

Sources

  • Dale Mitchell. "Legend Q&A". Rugby League Week. Sydney, NSW: PBLMedia (2 April 2008): pgs 30–31.


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