Brett Finch

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 20th August, 1981
Current Age
42 years and 212 days
Place Of Birth
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Halfback Of The Year
2004
Peter Frilingos Memorial - Headline Moment of the Year
2006

Known Family Links

Father
Robert Finch

Biography

Newcastle junior, the son of former St George centre Robert Finch, moved to the Hunter Mariners development squad in 1997 when his father joined the Super League club from the Knights. Brett Finch spent three seasons at Canberra but never quite stamped his imprimatur on the club. That opportunity came with defending premiers, the Roosters, in 2003 and while the next two seasons ended it grand final defeat for Finch and the club, the creative halfback managed to shine behind a hard-working pack. In 2004 he was brought into NSW’s State of Origin team for the second match of the series. Following Easts’ grand final loss to the Bulldogs in 2004 Finch found himself out of favour as his club slumped to miss the semi-finals in 2005. Called into NSW’s State of Origin team in the first match of the 2006 series, Finch scored a try and kicked the winning field-goal in the Blues 17-16 win. Used from the interchange bench and as a stop-gap hooker at the Roosters in 2006 he successfully gained a release from the final year of his contract to join P’matta for 2007.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 270 66 1   12 278 143 124 3 52.96% List
NRL Finals 15 1 -   3 7 10 5 0 66.67% List
World Club Challenge 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Anzac Cup 4 1 -   1 5 1 3 0 25.00% List
State of Origin 3 1 -   1 5 1 2 0 33.33% List
Australia PM XIII Annual 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
City vs Country 2 - -   - - 1 0 1 50.00% List
All Stars 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Super League 52 16 -   - 64 37 13 2 71.15% List
Challenge Cup 8 2 -   - 8 7 1 0 87.50% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 2004, 2006 3 1 -   1 5 1 2 0 33.33% List
NSW Country 2006, 2008 2 - -   - - 1 0 1 50.00% List
NRL 2010 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall2004-2010 6 1 0   1 5 2 3 1 33.33% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra NRL 1999 7 1 -   - 4 4 3 0 57.14% List
Canberra NRL 2000 12 3 -   - 12 6 6 0 50.00% List
Canberra NRL 2001 26 12 -   - 48 9 16 1 34.62% List
Canberra NRL 2002 25 6 -   2 26 10 14 1 40.00% List
Sydney NRL 2003 25 12 -   1 49 17 8 0 68.00% List
Sydney NRL 2004 27 11 -   3 47 21 6 0 77.78% List
Sydney NRL 2005 20 3 -   2 14 8 12 0 40.00% List
Sydney NRL 2006 23 5 -   - 20 8 15 0 34.78% List
Parramatta NRL 2007 25 2 -   1 9 14 11 0 56.00% List
Parramatta NRL 2008 22 5 -   1 21 11 11 0 50.00% List
Parramatta NRL 2009 4 - 0 / 1 0.00% - - 2 2 0 50.00% List
Melbourne NRL 2009 20 3 -   - 12 14 5 1 70.00% List
Melbourne NRL 2010 21 3 1 / 1 100.00% 2 16 12 9 0 57.14% List
Melbourne NRL 2013 13 - -   - - 7 6 0 53.85% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra 1999-02 70 22 -   2 90 29 39 2 41.43% List
Sydney 2003-06 95 31 -   6 130 54 41 0 56.84% List
Parramatta 2007-09 51 7 - / 1 0.00% 2 30 27 24 0 52.94% List
Melbourne 2009-10, 2013 54 6 1 / 1 100.00% 2 28 33 20 1 61.11% List
Overall1999-2013 270 66 1 / 2 50.00% 12 278 143 124 3 52.96% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 2011 29 8 -   - 32 21 6 2 72.41% List
Wigan 2012 31 10 -   - 40 23 8 0 74.19% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 2011-12 60 18 -   - 72 44 14 2 73.33% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual