Matt Orford

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Matt Orford

Personal information
Full nameMatthew Orford
NicknameOx
Born22 April 1978 (1978-04-22) (age 30)
Gosford, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2000Northern Eagles11423062
2001–2005Melbourne Storm120523333877
2006–Manly-Warringah72131776412
Total2036953391351
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2001–2006City Origin30000
As of 10 September 2008
Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero

Matthew Orford (born 22 April 1978 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. His position of choice is at halfback. Orford previously played for the Northern Eagles and the Melbourne Storm, before joining the Sea Eagles for the 2006 NRL Season. He is currently the captain of the Sea Eagles.

Orford was a member of the Sea Eagles team which lost the 2007 NRL grand final to the Melbourne Storm.[1]

In September, 2008, Orford won the Dally M Medal, the greatest individual honour in Australian rugby league. He finished on 24 points, two points ahead of Cameron Smith.

Orford captained the Sea Eagles in the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the Melbourne Storm.[2]

Orford is the first player since Peter Sterling to win the Dally M Medal and win the premiership in the same year

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Factfile on 2007 Grand Final" (29 Sep 2008). Retrieved on 27 Dec 2008.
  2. ^ "Grand final: As it happened". Fox Sports (2008-10-05). Retrieved on 2008-10-05.

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