Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- James Francis Hoffman
- Born
- Monday, 20th January, 1958
- Current Age
- 66 years and 94 days
- Place Of Birth
- Casino, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- Ryan Hoffman
Biography
Brisbane Brothers hooker, a Queensland rep against NSW and Great Britain in 1979 (and again in a non-State of Origin match in 1980) joined the newly promoted Raiders’ club in 1982. Hoffman was a fine clubman during Canberra's formative years but by the time the Raiders were premiership contenders at the end of the decade, his Australian career had come to an end and he played his final seasons in France.
- 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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| Interstate Matches | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| National Panasonic Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NRL | 111 | 9 | - | - | 35 | 41 | 67 | 3 | 36.94% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| QLD Firsts | 1979-80 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1979-1981 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canberra | NSWRFL 1982 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 17.39% | List | |||
| Canberra | NSWRFL 1983 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 36.00% | List | |||
| Canberra | NSWRL 1984 | 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 54.17% | List | |||
| Canberra | NSWRL 1985 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 34.78% | List | |||
| Canberra | NSWRL 1986 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86% | List | |||
| Canberra | NSWRL 1987 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canberra | 1982-87 | 111 | 9 | - | - | 35 | 41 | 67 | 3 | 36.94% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Steven Russo
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88
Your Say
22/02/2014
Similar style of player to his son Ryan who played in premiership winning teams for the Melbourne Storm. Hard working, no nonsense, reliable forward prepared to do the hard work that no one else notices. Except your teammates.
07/07/2018
Jay never played in France. He retired at the end of the 1987 season.
25/10/2020
I played under age and high school footy against Jay. He would often blow a hole in our defence with his surprising acceleration.
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