Cory Paterson

Cory Paterson

Cory Paterson in 2009
Personal information
Nickname	Pato, Donny
Born	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 29) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–11 Newcastle Knights 77 21 12 0 108 2011–12 North Queensland Cowboys 10 4 0 0 16 2013 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 7 0 0 28 2014 Wests Tigers 9 1 2 0 8 2015 Salford Red Devils 21 10 9 0 58 2016– Leigh Centurions 21 18 0 0 72 Total 155 61 23 0 290 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–12 Indigenous All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
As of 20 September 2015 Source: Rugby League Project, Love Rugby League

Cory Paterson (born 14 July 1987 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and boxer who currently plays for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League. He plays at second-row and previously played for the Newcastle Knights, North Queensland Cowboys and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, and Hull Kingston Rovers and Salford Red Devils in the Super League.

After playing junior rugby league in his home town of Perth, Western Australia, with South Perth Lions. Paterson then attended St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton and in 2005 represented Australia at schoolboy level.

In 2007, Cory Paterson was promoted to train with the Newcastle Knights first team squad. He made his debut in round 2 of that year in a win against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

At the end of the 2008 season, Paterson was selected in the Prime Minister's XIII to play the Papua New Guinea national team in Port Moresby. He then toured the United States to visit a number of NFL clubs and trial for the Oakland Raiders as a punter. Paterson suffered depression during the 2009 season, causing him to miss some NRL matches, but returned to good form on the field in 2010 season, when he was selected for the Indigenous All Stars squad. In 2011, Paterson represented the Indigenous All Stars again, but midway through the season he was released from his contract by the Knights, a decision made by the club's incoming coach Wayne Bennett.