Ryan Hoffman

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Ryan Hoffman
Personal information
Born (1984-01-26) 26 January 1984
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–2010 Melbourne Storm 170 41 0 0 164
2011 Wigan Warriors 34 11 0 0 44
2012- Melbourne Storm 51 15 0 0 60
Total 255 67 0 0 268
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006- City Origin 6 1 0 0 4
2007- New South Wales 8 0 0 0 0
2007–2012 Australia 5 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Ryan Hoffman (born 26 January 1984 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.

Early life

Hoffman's father, Jay Hoffman, played professional football for the Canberra Raiders, representing Queensland in the pre-Origin era.[2][3] Hoffman attended renowned rugby league school, St Gregory's College, Campbelltown.[4]

Club career

Hoffman and Clint Newton in 2007 celebrating after a win for Melbourne

As a big backrower with big ball playing skills, he started his NRL career with Melbourne in 2003. In 2006, his improving form led to him being selected for City Origin for the first time. It also earned him the Storm's Forward of the Year award. In addition, he has been named in the second row for Melbourne Storm's team of the decade.

Following the 2006 NRL Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos, Hoffman sat in the middle of Telstra Stadium in tears, an image which was printed in newspapers all around Australia.

In 2007, Hoffman was part of the Melbourne team which won the Grand Final, defeating Manly by 34–8. He played in the 2009 NRL Grand Final defeat of the Parramatta Eels, scoring the opening try.[5] Hoffman has won two grand finals.

Wigan Warriors (2011)

In July 2010, Hoffman signed with Super League club Wigan Warriors, where he was given the #16 shirt, replacing Phil Bailey at second-row.[6][7] Hoffman scored on his first-grade debut for the side at the season-opening Magic Weekend event against the club's rivals, St Helens RLFC.[8] He then featured in the 2011 World Club Challenge where Wigan lost 15–21 to St George Illawarra Dragons in their first home game of the season.[9] In Rounds 4 and 5, Hoffman scored one try apiece against Hull and Huddersfield Giants respectively.[10][11] Another try at Hull Kingston Rovers in Round 9 made his record four tries from his ten starting games for Wigan.[12] Hoffman played for Wigan in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final at second-row forward, helping defeat Leeds 28-18.

Melbourne Storm (2012 - Present)

Hoffman signed a new deal to return to the NRL and play for Melbourne Storm in 2012. He played in their 2012 Premiership victory over Canterbury-Bankstown, scoring the first try.

He set up the first try for teammate Billy Slater in the 2013 World Club Challenge victory over Leeds.[13]

Representative career

While attending Campbelltown St. Gregory's College, Hoffman played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2002.[14]

He was enlisted as the 18th man in the 2007 ANZAC Test against New Zealand. In October, 2007, he was selected in the run-on side for the Centenary Test against New Zealand in Wellington.

Again as 18th man, Hoffman was on stand-by for the 2007 New South Wales State of Origin Team in game 1 of the series. He was selected on the bench in game 2 and 3 of the same series.

In 2008, Hoffman was named in the New South Wales starting side in Origin I, II and III.

In August, 2008, he was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[15][16]

He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.[17]

Honours

Melbourne Storm

  • 2006 Grand Final Runners-Up
  • 2007 Grand Final Winners (Stripped)
  • 2008 Grand Final Runners-Up
  • 2009 Grand Final Winners (Stripped)
  • 2012 Grand Final Winners
  • 2013 World Club Challenge Winners

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Wigan Warriiors Player Profile Ryan Hoffman". web page. wiganwarriors.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Origin teams for game two". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  3. ↑ "So it is a family game, after all". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 April 2004. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  4. ↑ "Fans turn Parra blue and gold". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Digital). 2 October 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2010. 
  5. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/833/fixtureid/5801/infotabid/3/default.aspx
  6. ↑ Lucius, Adam. "Storm lose rep pair". Sportal Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Warriors Announce 2011 Squad Numbers". Wigan Warriors. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  8. ↑ Bott, Richard (14 February 2011). "St Helens 16 Wigan 16: Wilkin finds spark as Saints haul back Warriors". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  9. ↑ "Wigan Warriors 15-21 St George Illawarra Dragons". BBC. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  10. ↑ "Wigan 14 Hull 12: Charnley rescues 12-man Warriors with second-half tries". Daily Mail. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  11. ↑ Stewart, Rob (18 March 2011). "Huddersfield Giants 6 Wigan Warriors 20: match report". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Hull KR 16-28 Wigan". BBC. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  13. ↑ http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8615807
  14. ↑ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  15. ↑ Liam FitzGibbon (1 August 2008). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad". "Fox Sports News (Australia)". Retrieved 2008-08-02. 
  16. ↑ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-02. 
  17. ↑ Balym, Todd (3 May 2009). "Blues halfback duel in two as Mitchell Pearce misses selection". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 

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