Corey Horsburgh

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Corey Horsburgh
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Personal information
Full nameCorey Horsburgh
Born (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 24)
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Canberra Raiders 36 1 0 0 4
2021(loan) → Canterbury Bulldogs 2 0 0 0 0
Total 38 1 0 0 4
As of 17 August 2021
Source: [1]

Corey Horsburgh (born 5 January 1998) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a lock for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. [2]

Background[]

Horsburgh was born in Caboolture, Queensland, Australia.

Growing up in Caboolture, Horsburgh played for the Caboolture Snakes before moving to the Redcliffe Dolphins. He previously represented the QLD Maroons at junior level, playing in the U20s side in 2018.

Playing career[]

2018-2019[]

After previously being under development at North Queensland, he signed a contract to play for the Canberra Raiders and spent his first year, 2018, under development. After being upgraded to a top 30 contract, he made his debut in round 1 of the 2019 NRL season against the Gold Coast Titans.[3] Horsburgh has been nicknamed "Horsepower" for his powerful horse-like on-field aggression.

Horsburgh made 22 appearances for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season as the club reached the grand final for the first time in 25 years. Horsburgh played from the bench in the club's 2019 NRL Grand Final defeat against the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium.[4][5][6]

On 7 October 2019, Horsburgh was named at prop for the U23 Junior Australian side.

2020[]

In round 7 of the 2020 NRL season, Horsburgh was taken from the field after twisting his knee in a tackle made by Parramatta player Ryan Matterson. An emotional Horsburgh walked to the sideline in tears and raised his middle fingers to the empty stand at Bankwest Stadium. Canberra would go on to lose the match 25-24 in golden point extra-time.[7]

On 29 June 2020, Horsburgh missed the rest of the season with a Lisfranc foot injury sustained during Canberra's loss to Parramatta.[8] He finished his second season of NRL playing in 6 matches, starting in all of them.

2021[]

Horsburgh scored his first NRL try against the Sydney Roosters in round 12 of the 2021 NRL season. On 10 August 2021, Horsburgh signed a two-week loan deal to join bottom placed Canterbury-Bankstown.[9]

Horsburgh made his club debut for Canterbury in round 22 against the New Zealand Warriors which ended in a 24-10 defeat.[10]

Controversy[]

On 2 February 2021, it was revealed that Horsburgh had been pulled over by police on 3 January 2021 and charged with low-range drink driving. The matter was later passed onto the NRL Integrity Unit.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "Chambers dumped, Raiders forwards answer Bulldogs' SOS call". National Rugby League. 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. ^ "Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 12 March 2019.
  4. ^ "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH.
  5. ^ "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  6. ^ "How Ricky Stuart reacted to grand final 'six-again' refereeing shocker". WWOS.
  7. ^ "It's not the best look". www.sportingnews.com.
  8. ^ "Corey Horsburgh receives horrible injury news". 7news.com.au.
  9. ^ "Chambers dumped, Raiders forwards answer Bulldogs' SOS call". www.nrl.com.
  10. ^ "Flanagan in line for another NRL recall as Barrett seethes at bunker". www.smh.com.au.
  11. ^ "Raiders duo hit by police with Christmas drink-drive charges". www.foxsports.com.au.

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