Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 14th January, 1954
- Current Age
- 70 years and 74 days
Biography
1972 Australian Schoolboy rep had a long career as a centre in Dapto, representing Country and I’warra against Great Britain in 1977 before joining Newtown in the late 1970s. Hetherington played in the club’s 1981 grand final loss to P’matta (scoring a try) but joined the newly formed I’warra Steelers the following year. In 1984 he became the club's first State of Origin player when he was chosen as a reserve and was named I’warra player of the year in that season. Hetherington played in one further match for NSW, in 1986, before his retirement at the end of the 1988 season.
- 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 % | ||||
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Tour Matches | Illawarra Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
City vs Country Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NRL | 231 | 39 | - | - | 140 | 71 | 155 | 5 | 30.74% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 2 | 9 | - | - | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Yorkshire Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
UK Second Division | 23 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 73.91% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | 5 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Illawarra Firsts | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Seconds | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1977 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1977, 1984 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1984, 1986 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1986 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1975-1986 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1978 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9.09% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1979 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1980 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 45.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1981 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 60.87% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRFL 1982 | 24 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRFL 1983 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRL 1984 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRL 1985 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 22.73% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRL 1986 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRL 1987 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List | |||
Illawarra | NSWRL 1988 | 18 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 22.22% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | 1978-81 | 87 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 31 | 52 | 4 | 35.63% | List | |||
Illawarra | 1982-88 | 144 | 25 | - | - | 98 | 40 | 103 | 1 | 27.78% | List | |||
Overall | 1978-1988 | 231 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 71 | 155 | 5 | 30.74% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Halifax | 1989/90 | 32 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 68.75% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Halifax | 1989 | 32 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 68.75% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91
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