Jordan McLean (born 8 October 1991) is an Australian professional
rugby league
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footballer who plays as a for the
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
in the
National Rugby League
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(NRL) and
Australia
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at international level.
He has previously played for 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. ...
in the NRL and was a member of the
Storm
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's
2017 NRL Grand Final
The 2017 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2017 National Rugby League season and was played on Sunday October 1 at Sydney's ANZ Stadium. The match was contested between minor premiers the Melbourne Storm and ...
winning team. McLean was also part of
Australia's
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2017 Rugby League World Cup
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winning side and has played at representative level for
NSW Country,
World All Stars
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and the
Prime Minister's XIII
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.
Background
McLean was born in
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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and is of
Māori
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descent.
Jordan played his junior rugby league for the
Young Cherrypickers
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...
and attended
Young High School before being signed by the
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby ...
.
Playing career
Early career
In 2007, McLean played for the
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby ...
Harold Matthews Cup
The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up o ...
team before joining 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. ...
.
He played for Melbourne's
NYC
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team from 2009 to 2011 and was a part of their
2009 NYC premiership winning team.
2013
On 10 June 2013, McLean re-signed with the Melbourne side for a further three years, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2016 season. In Round 11 of the
2013 NRL season
The 2013 NRL season was the 106th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia. The National Rugby League's main competition, named the 2013 Telstra Premiership after major sponsors Telstra Corporation, was contested by sixte ...
, McLean made his
NRL
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debut for 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. ...
against the
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ...
at the
SFS from the interchange bench in the clubs 26–18 win. In Round 23 against the
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 ...
at
Hunter Stadium
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, McLean scored his first career try in Melbourne's 23–10 win. McLean finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring a try for the Melbourne outfit.
2014
In Round 3 of the
2014 NRL season
The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby Leagu ...
the Melbourne club played the
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 ...
at a home game at
AAMI Park
The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, known as AAMI Park for sponsorship reasons, is an outdoor sports stadium on the site of Edwin Flack Field in the Sports and Entertainment Precinct in the Melbourne central business district.
When completed ...
in Melbourne's 28–20 win, shortly before half-time, McLean was involved in a 3-man tackle with team mates
Jesse
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and
Kenny Bromwich
Kenneath Bromwich (born 22 September 1991) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League (NRL), and New Zealand at international level.
He previously played for the ...
, where Newcastle 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
The NRL Judiciary is the disciplinary judiciary of the National Rugby League (NRL), a rugby league competition. The Judiciary regulates the on-field conduct of players from NRL clubs.
Due to changes announced on the eve of the 2022 NRL season, th ...
. 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.
McLean returned to the Melbourne side in Round 14 against the
Gold Coast Titans
The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...
at
Cbus Super Stadium
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, playing in the Storm's 24–20 win. He finished off the 2014 season having played in 16 matches and scoring three tries for Melbourne.
2015
On 24 March 2015, McLean re-signed with Melbourne for a further three years, keeping him at the club to the end of the 2018 season. McLean finished off the
2015 season having played in 15 matches for the Melbourne club.
2016
On 8 May 2016, McLean played for
New South Wales Country against
New South Wales City, playing off the interchange bench in the 44–30 loss in
Tamworth. On 2 October 2016, in Melbourne's
2016 NRL Grand Final
The 2016 NRL Grand Final was a rugby league match between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks to determine the premiers of the National Rugby League for the 2016 season. The match was held at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on Sunday 2 ...
against the
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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, McLean started at prop in the 14–12 defeat. McLean finished the
2016 NRL season
The 2016 NRL season was the 109th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 19th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...
with him playing in 21 matches for the Melbourne outfit.
2017
On 10 February 2017, McLean played for the World All Stars against the
Indigenous All Stars in the
2017 All Stars match
The 2017 All Stars match was the seventh annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the World All Stars and for the first time, the match was played outside ...
, starting at prop in the 34–8 loss at
Hunter Stadium
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. On 20 March 2017, McLean signed with the
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
on a three-year deal, starting in 2018. In May 2017, McLean was named as 18th man for Australia in the
2017 ANZAC Test
The 2017 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at Canberra Stadium. It was the 18th and last Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997 ...
match against New Zealand and for
New South Wales
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for Game 1 of the
2017 State of Origin series
The 2017 State of Origin series was the 36th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series Queensland had won 20 times, NSW 13 times, with two series drawn. Queensland were the curr ...
. On 1 October 2017, in Melbourne's
2017 NRL Grand Final
The 2017 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2017 National Rugby League season and was played on Sunday October 1 at Sydney's ANZ Stadium. The match was contested between minor premiers the Melbourne Storm and ...
against the
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
, McLean started at prop in the 34–6 victory against his future club. McLean finished his last year with 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. ...
with him playing in 20 matches in the
2016 NRL season
The 2016 NRL season was the 109th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 19th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...
.
![Jordan McLean Kangaroos](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Jordan_McLean_Kangaroos.jpg)
On 3 October 2017, McLean was rewarded for his big season by being selected in the 24-man Kangaroos squad for the
2017 Rugby League World Cup
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December 2017. The tournament featured the national teams ...
. McLean played in all 6 matches of the tournament including starting at prop in the Kangaroos 6–0 gritty win against
England
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in the World Cup Final at
Suncorp Stadium
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.
2018
In Round 1 of the
2018 NRL season
The 2018 NRL season was the 111th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 21st season run by the National Rugby League. The main competition, known as the 2018 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, featured 16 team ...
, McLean made his club debut for the
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
against the
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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, starting at prop in the 20–14 win at
1300SMILES Stadium
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. In Round 2 against the
Brisbane Broncos
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in the Queensland derby match, Mclean scored his first club try for North Queensland in the 24–20 loss at
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park, also known as Brisbane Football Stadium, by the sponsored name Suncorp Stadium, and nicknamed: 'The Cauldron', is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Milton. The current facility co ...
. In the Cowboys' Round 4 loss to the
Penrith Panthers
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, McLean suffered a foot injury, sidelining him for four months. He returned from injury in North Queensland's Round 20 win over the
Newcastle Knights
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.
Following a strong finish to the season, McLean was recalled to the Australian squad for their end of season Test matches against
New Zealand
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and
Tonga
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. On 6 October, he represented the
Prime Minister's XIII
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in their win over the
PNG Prime Minister's XIII
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side.
2019
On 8 March 2019, McLean was named vice-captain of the North Queensland side. He played 22 games for the club in 2019, starting all 22 at prop. In Round 4, he played his 100th NRL game in North Queensland's 12–30 loss to the
Canberra Raiders
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. In Round 13, he sustained a
hamstring
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injury in North Queensland's loss to the
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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. The injury dashed his hopes of replacing the injured
David Klemmer
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He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the N ...
in the
New South Wales
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Game 2 side. He returned to the North Queensland line up in Round 15, missing just one game. On 18 September, he won the Cowboys' 2019 Players' Player award at the club's presentation night.
2020
McLean played 15 games for the North Queensland club in 2020, starting all 15 at , and captaining the side four times. He missed five games due to a calf injury.
2022
On 19 June, McLean was selected by New South Wales for game two of the
2022 State of Origin series
The 2022 State of Origin series was the 41st annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland had won 22 times, NSW 16 times, with two series drawn.
Game I
Game One was a ...
in the extended squad.
McLean was then selected by coach
Brad Fittler
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to make his State of Origin debut as starting prop for game 3. With just days remaining before the series decider, McLean was ruled out of the match with a hamstring injury.
McLean played 22 matches for North Queensland in the
2022 NRL season
The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest s ...
as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. He played in both finals matches including their preliminary final loss to
Parramatta
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.
Achievements and accolades
Individual
*
North Queensland Cowboys Players' Player of the Year: 2019
Team
*
2017 NRL Grand Final
The 2017 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2017 National Rugby League season and was played on Sunday October 1 at Sydney's ANZ Stadium. The match was contested between minor premiers the Melbourne Storm and ...
:
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. ...
– Winners
*
2017 Rugby League World Cup
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:
Australia
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– Winners
Statistics
: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season''
International
References
External links
North Queensland Cowboys profileNRL profile
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1991 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian people of Māori descent
New Zealand Māori rugby league players
Australia national rugby league team players
Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
NRL All Stars players
Melbourne Storm players
North Queensland Cowboys players
Sunshine Coast Falcons players
Rugby league props
Rugby league players from Sydney