Corey Horsburgh

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

Corey Horsburgh
Personal information
Full nameCorey Horsburgh
Born (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Canberra Raiders 28 0 0 0 0
As of 17 November 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Horsburgh was born in Caboolture, Queensland, Australia.

Growing up in Caboolture, Horsburgh played for the Caboolture Snakes before moving to the Redcliffe Dolphins to advance his promising career.

Playing career

He has previously represented the QLD Maroons at junior level, playing in the U20s side in 2018.

After previously being under development at the Cowboys, 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.[2] 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.[3][4][5]

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

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.[6]

On 29 June 2020, Horsburgh missed the rest of the season with a Lisfranc foot injury sustained during Canberra's loss to Parramatta.[7] He finished his second season of NRL playing in 6 matches, starting in all of them.

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.[8]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 12 March 2019.
  3. "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH.
  4. "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  5. "How Ricky Stuart reacted to grand final 'six-again' refereeing shocker". WWOS.
  6. "It's not the best look". www.sportingnews.com.
  7. "Corey Horsburgh receives horrible injury news". 7news.com.au.
  8. "Raiders duo hit by police with Christmas drink-drive charges". www.foxsports.com.au.
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