William Thomas Jordan (born 24 February 1998) is a New Zealand

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player who currently plays for the

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in the

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and the in

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. His position of choice is fullback. Jordan received the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award in 2021.

Youth rugby

Jordan attended Fendalton Open Air School then Cobham Intermediate then

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in Christchurch, New Zealand. He played as fullback for the top side, and led the UC Championship in tries scored in 2015.

Professional career

After a successful school career, Jordan made his debut for the

in Round 1 of the

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against at Trafalgar Park in

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. In the

season he scored 5 tries, and was second in the tournament for clean breaks. Jordan made his debut for

team the in 2019 after missing the 2018 season with injury. Jordan was part of the Mako side which won the

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for the first time in 2019. He was named in the

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squad for the

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in 2020, starting in the number 14 jersey in a 38–35 win for the South. After an outstanding Super Rugby Aotearoa season and scoring 2 brilliant tries in the North v South game he was named in the

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squad for the

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. Jordan made his All Blacks debut against

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on 7 November 2020 in a 24–22 loss for New Zealand, becoming All Black number 1191. Jordan returned from injury for the final test of 2020 and scored 2 tries in a 38–0 win over Argentina. Jordan played every minute and scored a try in the final of the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season as the won their fifth title in a row with a 24–13 win over the . Jordan was again named in the

squad to play

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and

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in the July 2021 Steinlager Series. In the first game of the 2021 season for the All Blacks Jordan scored 5 tries against

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in a 102–0 win for the side. He scored another 3 tries later in the year against the

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in a 14–104 win for the All Blacks. Jordan had another outstanding 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season as the Crusaders made it six in a row with a 7–21 win over the in the final.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Will Tasman rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players New Zealand international rugby union players 1998 births Living people People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School Rugby union fullbacks New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union wings Rugby union players from Christchurch