Gorringe was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia where he attended Torrens Valley Christian School throughout his upbringing.
He played for Norwood's senior side for most of his 2010 season and averaged 21 hit-outs per game for the South Australian state team in the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships.
[4] Gorringe made his AFL debut against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium in round 3, 2011 where he managed a goal[5] and took a spectacular mark that was not awarded by the umpires.
[6] Two weeks later he played in Gold Coast's historic first ever AFL win by three points against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
[9] In 2013 he managed to play nine AFL games for Gold Coast as a useful ruckman and key forward[10] which earned him a two-year contract extension to the end of 2015.
Towards the end of the season his form for Gold Coast's reserves team started to improve and he explored his options to move to another club.