Jordan Lenac
Birth name | Jordan Lenac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 September 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The Southport School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Queensland Bond University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Tom Helm (great-grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan Lenac[1] is an Australian rugby union player who played for the Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship. Lenac's primary position is scrum-half.[2] Lenac also represented the Ayrshire Bulls in the Scottish Super 6 competition and most recently represented AEIS Agronomia Rugby in the Campeonato Português de Rugby competition in Portugal. In 2024, he was the recipient of the John Eales Rugby scholarship at Bond University on the Gold Coast Australia, playing for Bond University in the Queensland Premier Grade competition.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Professional career
[edit]In 2017 he played for the inaugural Under 20 Queensland Reds Super Rugby side.
Lenac moved to Scotland in December 2020, joining Glasgow Warriors on a training contract.[3] He made his Glasgow Warriors debut in the re-arranged Round 11 match against Benetton on 27 March 2021, coming on as a replacement.[4] He was a late replacement in the match for Sean Kennedy.[5] He became Glasgow Warrior No. 326.[6]
In 2021 Lenac played for Ayrshire Bulls in the Scottish Fosroc Super 6 competition where he was part of the championship winning team in that year.
In 2022 Lenac joined AEIS Agronomia rugby based in Portugal playing in the national Portuguese competition.
In 2024, Lenac received the John Eales Rugby Excellence scholarship with Bond University, and is playing in the Queensland Hospital Challenge Cup competition in Australia.
International career
[edit]He has previously played for Australian Schoolboys.In 2024 Lenac was selected to play for the Croatian national rugby union team.
References
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- ^ "Jordan Lenac". Kings College Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Jordan Lenac".
- ^ "Lenac off to Glasgow". The Gold Coast Bulletin. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors 46-25 Benetton: Bonus-point win for hosts". BBC Sport. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ @GlasgowWarriors (27 March 2021). "There's one late change to our matchday 23 for today's match, as Sean Kennedy has been forced to withdraw due to personal reasons. Jordan Lenac comes onto the bench and will make his Glasgow Warriors debut should he be called upon today" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @GlasgowWarriors (27 March 2021). "71'" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Homecoming to Test rugby - The Lenac family's incredible story.
- Living people
- Glasgow Warriors players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- 1997 births
- Australian rugby union players
- University of Queensland alumni
- People educated at the Southport School
- Rugby union players from Queensland
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- Expatriate rugby union players in Portugal
- Australian people of Scottish descent
- Australian rugby union biography stubs