Isaac Gordon (born 7 October 1986) is a former

Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer. He previously played for the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby leag ...

of the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

. He primarily played and .

Playing career

Born in

Brewarrina, New South Wales Brewarrina (pronounced 'bree-warren-ah'; locally known as "Bre") is a town in north-west New South Wales, Australia on the banks of the Barwon River in Brewarrina Shire. The name Brewarrina is derived from 'burru waranha', a Weilwan name for a ...

, Gordon played his junior football for the Brewarrina Goo-Gars,

Waratah Mayfield Cheetahs Waratah Mayfield is a rugby league club based in the Newcastle, New South Wales region of Australia. Known as ''The Cheetahs'' and wearing Maroon and Gold, they were a member of the First Grade Newcastle Rugby League until 2004 and now compete i ...

and

Cessnock Goannas The Cessnock Goannas Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Cessnock, New South Wales, formed in 1911. They currently play in the Newcastle Rugby League competition Notable Rugby League Juniors *Matthe ...

. Gordon played for The

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in t ...

in The 2007 and 2008

NSW Cup The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...

making 14 appearances before being signed by the

. In Round 1 of the

2010 NRL season The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League. The season commenced on 12 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 3 Octobe ...

Gordon made his NRL debut for Cronulla-Sutherland against the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...

. After the 2012 season, Gordon was released by Cronulla.

Personal life

He is the second cousin of former

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

player Ashley Gordon. On 25 January 2012, Gordon pleaded guilty in Sutherland Court to attacking his former partner, Karen Lee Davidson who was pregnant at the time of the assault, after he came home from a drunken night out with teammates. The NRL stood him down for nine matches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Isaac 1986 births Living people Australian rugby league players Cessnock Goannas players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Indigenous Australian rugby league players Rugby league wingers Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from New South Wales Waratah Mayfield Cheetahs players