Tony Butterfield

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Friday, 4th February, 1966
Current Age
58 years and 43 days

Biography

Former Penrith junior found success in the Newcastle engine-room after overcoming injuries in 1991-92. A driving force for the Knights, Butterfield was badly missed during the club's 1992 semi-final campaign but capped his career with a starring role in the Knights’ grand final win over Manly in 1997. The following year, he belatedly gained a NSW jersey before overtaking Marc Glanville as the club’s longest-serving player. Butterfield retired at the end of the 2000 season, becoming President of the Players Association.
- 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 239 27 -   - 108 129 104 6 53.97% List
National Panasonic Cup 5 1 -   - 4 2 3 0 40.00% List
City vs Country 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 13 2 -   - 8 7 6 0 53.85% 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 1989 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW 1998 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1989-1998 2 0 0   0 - 1 1 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Penrith NSWRL 1984 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Penrith NSWRL 1985 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Penrith NSWRL 1986 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Penrith NSWRL 1987 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1988 20 4 -   - 16 5 14 1 25.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1989 21 3 -   - 12 11 10 0 52.38% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1990 19 1 -   - 4 11 7 1 57.89% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1991 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1992 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1993 17 2 -   - 8 7 10 0 41.18% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1994 13 2 -   - 8 4 9 0 30.77% List
Newcastle ARL 1995 16 3 -   - 12 12 4 0 75.00% List
Newcastle ARL 1996 22 2 -   - 8 10 10 2 45.45% List
Newcastle ARL 1997 26 2 -   - 8 17 8 1 65.38% List
Newcastle NRL 1998 25 3 -   - 12 18 7 0 72.00% List
Newcastle NRL 1999 22 3 -   - 12 13 9 0 59.09% List
Newcastle NRL 2000 24 2 -   - 8 14 9 1 58.33% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Penrith 1984-87 9 - -   - - 4 5 0 44.44% List
Newcastle 1988-00 230 27 -   - 108 125 99 6 54.35% List
Overall1984-2000 239 27 0   0 108 129 104 6 53.97% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    01/12/2017

    Not many players as tough as Butts

  • Peter Jones
    16/09/2023

    Tough man on the field but couldn't match it with the bouncers at Fannys........................

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

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995