Gordon Chan Kum Tong
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| Full name | Gordon Chan Kum Tong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 10 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gordon Chan Kum Tong (born 3 January 2002) is an Australian international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL and for Samoa at international level. He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
Playing career
Early career
Chan was originally a Canterbury junior from the Bankstown Bulls junior club. He then joined the Manly Harold Matthews Cup junior representative team. He later played for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles NSW Cup side. He also has a nickname of GCKT. He is of Samoan and Chinese descent.
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Chan made his first grade debut on round 26 of the 2023 NRL season, and converted a penalty kick for the Manly club in their 42–24 win against Canterbury.[2]
2024
In July 2024, Chan re-signed with the club until the end of the 2025 season.[3]He played ten games for Manly in the 2024 NRL season as they finished 7th on the table and qualified for the finals. Manly would be eliminated in the second week of the finals by the Sydney Roosters.[4]
2025
During Manly's round 2 loss against the New Zealand Warriors, the NRL announced that it was investigating an incident between Manly player Chan and a member of the public from the Warriors after a video came out with Chan confronting the fan.[5] Chan was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Chan was one of nine players that Manly farewelled during their final match of the season. He only made two appearances for Manly throughout the year spending the majority with the clubs reserve grade team.[6][7] On 10th November, it was announced that Chan had signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on a development contract for 2026, moving to the Top 30 in 2027.[8]
Statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Tries | Goals | Pts |
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| 2023 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | ||||
| 2025 | 2 | ||||
| 2026 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ||||
| Totals | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
References
- ^ "Gordon Chan Kum Tong – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "NRL Round 26 2023 Manly vs Canterbury". www.nrl.com.
- ^ "Sea Eagles re-sign hooker Gordon Chan Kum Tong". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "The Mole's season review: Luke Brooks 'revels' at Manly Sea Eagles but 30 seconds of horror luck ends season". www.nine.com.au.
- ^ Proszenko, Christian Nicolussi, Adrian (15 March 2025). "Sea Eagles have 'no real concerns' about DCE, Trbojevic as NRL investigates sideline incident". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Clements, Matt (5 September 2025). "Manly Sea Eagles confirm nine player departures". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Farewell to our departing players". wwww.seaeagles.com.au.
- ^ "Bulldogs Bolster Squad as Trio Sign On". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.