Robert Stone

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 27th February, 1956
Died
Monday, 1st August, 2005 (Aged 49 years and 156 days)

Biography

Veteran forward played in 230 grade games for St George, winning premierships in all three grades (1974, 1976 & 1977). Stone was graded as a 17-year-old lock in 1974 and made his first grade debut the following year. Not spared the humiliating 38-0 defeat by Easts in the 1975 grand final, he later won a premiership in reserve grade in 1976 and was an important part of 'Bath's Babes' who won the title in 1977. A fierce competitor, Stone romped away to score the first try in the replay against P’matta and was part of a pack that punished their opponents with unchecked aggression. Stone later moved to prop and was a replacement forward in the inaugural State of Origin match in 1980. Stone’s career fluctuated between the grades in the mid-1980s and he took on a captain-coach position with Picton. Stone returned to the St George club in an administrative role before losing a courageous battle with cancer in 2005.
- 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 170 26 -   - 81 103 62 5 60.59% List
NRL Finals 15 2 -   - 6 9 5 1 60.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 1 5 -   - 15 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
State of Origin 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Seconds 1977 1 2 -   - 6 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW 1980 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1980 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1977-1980 3 2 0   0 6 2 1 0 66.67% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRFL 1975 11 3 -   - 9 6 5 0 54.55% List
St George NSWRFL 1976 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
St George NSWRFL 1977 26 8 -   - 24 20 5 1 76.92% List
St George NSWRFL 1978 15 1 -   - 3 7 8 0 46.67% List
St George NSWRFL 1979 15 3 -   - 9 14 1 0 93.33% List
St George NSWRFL 1980 16 1 -   - 3 8 7 1 50.00% List
St George NSWRFL 1981 17 3 -   - 9 5 11 1 29.41% List
St George NSWRFL 1982 19 4 -   - 12 8 10 1 42.11% List
St George NSWRFL 1983 11 1 -   - 4 8 3 0 72.73% List
St George NSWRL 1984 24 2 -   - 8 16 8 0 66.67% List
St George NSWRL 1985 12 - -   - - 8 3 1 66.67% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1975-85 170 26 -   - 81 103 62 5 60.59% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    04/07/2012

    Awesome man who will always be remembered as one of dragons great players. A man who gave everything to the red and whites and he was a great bloke. Never to be forgotten!!

  • Ian Hartup
    27/02/2014

    A VERY CLOSE MATE AND LOYAL FRIEND SO SAD HE IS NOT AROUND TODAY, THE WORLD IS A POORER PLACE IN HIS ABSENCE

  • Geoff Thomas
    16/01/2018

    Stoney was always one of my favourite Dragons players as he had lots of aggression in defence but a good turn of speed when he was through a gap. Loved his partnership with John Jansen in the second row. Very loyal to the great Dragons and never looked like defecting unlike others.

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

Sources: Newspapers