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| Born | January 12, 1981 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) [1] | |||||
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| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Loose forward, Fullback, Centre, Stand-off | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2002 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2004–05 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2006– | Castleford Tigers | 136 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 165 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007– | USA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Inside centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2003 | New South Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 17 June 2011 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Ryan McGoldrick (born 12 January 1981 in Cairns, Queensland) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He has previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks as well as representing the New South Wales Waratahs in rugby union. He is a utility player, and has played for Castleford at full-back, centre, stand-off, scrum-half and loose forward.
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McGoldrick played junior volley ball for Wynnum Manly. He also played Rugby Union at the selective Brisbane State High School in Queensland.
McGoldrick made his First Grade Debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Round 6 v Newcastle at Toyota Park, April 19, 2002.
Changing football codes, Ryan represented the New South Wales Waratahs in rugby union.
McGoldrick returned to rugby league signed with the Cronulla Sharks once again. In late 2005, Ryan was one of 12 of the hottest players in the NRL that posed for the League Of Their Own 2006 calendar that was produced in the style of the famous Dieux du Stade calendars to raise money for the Koori Kids foundation.
In early 2006, Ryan was involved in a tug of war between SL club Castleford Tigers and NRL club Wests Tigers, with both clubs claiming to have agreed terms with McGoldrick. In the end, he arrived in Castleford a few days before their first match of the season. He, along with the rest of the squad, battled to keep Castleford in the top flight. Ryan suffered a hamstring injury towards the end of the 2006 season, but was forced to play due to lack of numbers. Unfortunately Castleford were relegated at the end of the season. Despite this, McGoldrick signed a 2 year contract to stay with the club until 2008. McGoldrick played for the Tigers during the 2007 season, and was initially used in his less-preferred position of stand-off, which seemed to unsettle him. However as the season progressed, he managed to move into the centre role and began to show fantastic form as Castleford won promotion back to Super League.
McGoldrick moved to full back for the 2008 season and showed good form, which led to him earning a new four-year contract at Castleford. On November 25, it was reported that McGoldrick was on the verge of signing for Wigan Warriors.[2] However, the signing never materialized and he remained at Castleford.
McGoldrick was named captain of the side on occasion in 2009 following injuries to key players, and he has continued to play a utility role for the club.
McGoldrick qualifies for the USA national rugby league team due to parentage. He made his debut for the USA in the World Cup qualifiers at the end of the 2007 season, where he scored a try in their defeat to Samoa. He again represented USA in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, where he featured in the victory over Jamaica that secured USA's spot at the tournament.
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