Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 16th May, 1956
- Current Age
- 67 years and 340 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Father
- Jim Thomson
- Uncle
- Allan Thomson
- Brother
- Gary Thomson
Biography
Graded by Balmain in 1974 (his father Jim and brother Gary were both former Balmain players) Thomson spent the next two seasons at Queanbeyan. After representing Country Firsts in 1976 he accepted the advice of his uncle, former Test forward Allan Thomson, and signed with Manly. A strapping prop, Thomson's best year was undoubtedly 1978. After playing for NSW he was selected in the first Test against NZ. A member of the Manly team that overcame two replays to win the premiership, he toured with the Kangaroos at the end of the year. Thomson played in two Tests (the deciding Ashes Test against Great Britain and the Second Test against France) as well as in 13 other games. He spent the 1981 season at Balmain, playing lower grade football in an injury-troubled year, but following his return to the Sea Eagles was a reserve in the club's 1982 grand final loss to P’matta. Thomson retired in 1984 after a broken arm and four operations required the insertion of a steel plate but he continued to coach in the Newcastle area. In 2000 he was appointed Chairman of the troubled N’Eagles club, overseeing the demise of the merger between Manly and Norths at the end of 2001 and the reversion of the NRL franchise to the Sea Eagles. Thompson resigned the position at the end of the financially embattled 2003 season when Manly sold a majority share in its football club.
- 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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National Panasonic Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Monaro | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
NRL | 122 | 14 | - | - | 44 | 72 | 46 | 4 | 59.02% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Test Series | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
The Ashes | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
UK Second Division | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1978 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Monaro | 1975-76 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1976 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1978 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1975-1978 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1977 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1978 | 28 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 64.29% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1979 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1980 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 44.44% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1981 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1982 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1983 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1986 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | 1977-80, 1982-83, 1986 | 113 | 14 | - | - | 44 | 70 | 39 | 4 | 61.95% | List | |||
Balmain | 1981 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | |||
Overall | 1977-1986 | 122 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 72 | 46 | 4 | 59.02% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Swinton | 1984/85 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Swinton | 1984 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Sources:
Match Video, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1985-86
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