Kurt Gidley
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Kurt Gidley | |
| Date of birth | June 7, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.82 m) | |
| Weight | 13 st 10 lb (87 kg) | |
| Relatives | Matt Gidley | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Full-Back / Five-Eighth | |
| Current club | Newcastle Knights | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Wests, Newcastle | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 2001 - | Newcastle Knights | 119 (450) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2004 - 2007 - 2007- |
Country Origin New South Wales Australia |
4 (4) 2 (0) 2 (2) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Kurt Gidley is a five-eighth/fullback who plays for the Newcastle Knights. He had a productive 2004 season (being 18th man for the NSW Blues), but missed most of season 2005 due to injury. He is the younger brother of Matthew Gidley.
In round 10 of the 2004 NRL season Gidley made history when he won the NRL's first ever golden point match by kicking the winning field goal after 3 minutes and 26 seconds of extra time. The Knights were without Andrew Johns for the season.
So far, Kurt has had a productive season in 2007. He has scored multiple times for the Newcastle Knights as well as having done well at converting goals. He recently scored 15 points against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He has also represented NSW in 2007 State of Origin
Representative Honours: Prime Minister's XIII 2005, Country Origin 2006, 2007, NSW State of Origin Game 1 and 3 in 2007. Gidley was picked in the Australian Tri-Nations Team in 2007. He was also picked for Australia in 2008 for the centeneray test against new zealand.
Gidley can be considered a hero for the Knights in the final round of the 2007 season. With scores level at 24-24, he kicked a penalty goal 12 seconds before fulltime to give the Knights a 26-24 victory over the Wests Tigers (who needed to win to book a finals spot), which also ended a 7 match losing streak. He can also be thanked by the Broncos, who will play their 16th straight finals campaign and therefore become the first reigning premier since 2004 to contest a finals campaign, and the Rabbitohs, who will contest finals football for the first time since 1989, and become the second reigning wooden spooner to make a finals campaign (after Newcastle made the final eight in 2006).
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