| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurt Gidley | |
| Date of birth | June 7, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. He had a productive 2004 season (being 18th man for the NSW Blues), but missed most of season 2005 due to injury. Injury or bodily injury is Damage or Harm caused to the Structure or function of the Body caused by an outside agent or He is the younger brother of Matthew Gidley. Matthew Gidley (born July 1 1977 in Newcastle New South Wales) is an Australian Rugby league player for the St Helens RLFC
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 year 2004 's National Rugby League season was the 97th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the The Knights were without Andrew Johns for the season. Andrew Gary "Joey" Johns (born 19 May 1974 in Cessnock New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer
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. The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. He recently scored 15 points against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league 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. The 2007 State of Origin series was the 28th annual interstate representative Rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland Prime Minister's XIII or the PM's XIII is the name of a representative Rugby league team selected on an annual basis by the Prime Minister of Australia The 2007 State of Origin series was the 28th annual interstate representative Rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland 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. The Wests Tigers are a professional Rugby league football club in the National Rugby League (NRL the premier Rugby league competition in Australasia 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). The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The year 2004 's National Rugby League season was the 97th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league 1989 's New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the eighty-second season of professional Rugby league football in Australia The year 2006 saw the ninth National Rugby League premiership, the 99th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia