Daniel Gorringe

In late July 2019, Gorringe began posting a series of humorous memories of his footballing career to social media, gaining a large audience among football fans. The stories included not kicking an open goal as he was instructed not to kick, being verbally sacked in the opening rounds of his final season with Gold Coast and agreeing to no exit meeting and being allowed to "just continue drinking beers", finding out he had been dropped by the AFL app on multiple occasions, retiring before being delisted because "retirement looks better next to my name in the papers and on the internet", abusing Gold Coast staff after believing he was being traded only for no such trade to take place, and faking a hamstring injury to avoid embarrassment after gastro caused him to defecate during a game. The twitter account gained Gorringe the most attention arguably of his career, with his tweets shared on multiple media outlets, and Gorringe being interviewed on Triple M about his stories. Gorringe received a writing role with Sportsbet after his new found fame.

Gorringe got his first opportunity to play an AFL game for Carlton when Carlton's primary ruckman Matthew Kreuzer was injured. He played against North Melbourne, matching up against one of the AFL's best ruckmen in Todd Goldstein. He was dominated by Goldstein throughout the match, which Carlton lost. He played four AFL games before a hip injury ended his season. He faced yet another injury in the 2017 pre-season when he injured his Achilles again. At the end of the season his constant injuries were too much and he retired from football, having played just 26 games across 7 seasons.

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season

In 2014 Gorringe had another achilles injury. Late in the season he recovered to play three AFL games, but a knee injury ended his season prematurely. At the end of the season Gorringe attempted to secure a trade to Port Adelaide, but when Essendon ruckman Patrick Ryder became available to Port Adelaide he was left to finish out his contract at Gold Coast. In 2015 more injuries and poor form meant he was only able to play two AFL games. Towards the end of the season his form in the North East Australian Football League playing for Gold Coast's reserves team started to improve and he was looking to move to another club. He was delisted in October 2015 and in November, he was recruited by Carlton as a delisted free agent.

Gorringe faced numerous injuries to his ankle and hamstring in 2011 and only managed to play seven games, including Gold Coast's first two wins. His injury problems continued in 2012 when he injured his Achilles, which took him out for almost the whole season. In 2013 he stayed fit enough to play nine AFL games for Gold Coast as a useful ruckman and key forward and signed a contract extension to the end of 2015.

As a teenager, he played for SANFL Norwood's senior side for most of 2010. He averaged 21 hit-outs per game in the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships and, being one of the best performed players, was named in the ruck in the All-Australian team. As a result of his good form, he was drafted by Gold Coast with pick 10 in the 2010 national draft.

Daniel Gorringe (born 2 June 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast and Carlton. He played in the SANFL for Norwood and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010 and was touted early as one of Australia's best junior footballers. He was drafted by Gold Coast with pick 10 in the 2010 national draft. He made his debut against the Western Bulldogs in round 3, 2011 and struggled with injuries throughout his AFL career. He was delisted by Gold Coast in 2015 and was subsequently picked up by Carlton. After two years at Carlton, he retired due to his consistent Achilles injuries where he required several surgeries to fix ongoing issues.