Captain Cordner retires! The champion sydneyroosters , NSWBlues and Kangaroos skipper has called time on his incredible career!
Roosters captain Boyd Cordner was brought to tears as he announced his rugby league retirement on Monday due to the effects of repeated head knocks.
“To all my teammates over the years, there have been some special moments and I’m grateful to every single player I got to run out with over the years." He follows Friend into an early retirement due to the ongoing effects of concussion, and along with Brett Morris , the trio take more than 700 games worth of NRL experience from the Roosters line-up.Cordner played the last of his 16 Origins for NSW in November, lifting the Origin shield in 2018 and '19.
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