Willie Poching

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 30th August, 1973
Current Age
50 years and 202 days

Known Family Links

Cousin
Frank Winterstein

Biography

Former Warriors forward played for Hunslet in 1988 and Wakefield Trinity in 1999-01. He also represented Western Samoa in the 1995 World Cup and Samoa in 2000. Poching moved to Leeds in 2002 and appeared in the 2003 English Challenge Cup Final. He was also a member of the Leeds team that won the 2004 English Super League grand final.
- 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 35 5 3   - 26 15 20 0 42.86% List
World Cup 6 - 2   - 4 3 3 0 50.00% List
Challenge Cup 22 7 1   - 30 15 7 0 68.18% List
Super League 200 64 -   - 256 112 84 4 56.00% List
World Club Challenge 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Samoa 1995, 2000 6 - 2   - 4 3 3 0 50.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Samoa 1995, 2000 6 - 2   - 4 3 3 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Auckland ARL 1995 2 1 -   - 4 2 0 0 100.00% List
North QLD ARL 1996 16 - 2 / 8 25.00% - 4 4 12 0 25.00% List
Hunter Super League 1997 13 3 1 / 4 25.00% - 14 5 8 0 38.46% List
St George NRL 1998 4 1 -   - 4 4 0 0 100.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Warriors 1995 2 1 -   - 4 2 0 0 100.00% List
North QLD 1996 16 - 2 / 8 25.00% - 4 4 12 0 25.00% List
Hunter 1997 13 3 1 / 4 25.00% - 14 5 8 0 38.46% List
St George 1998 4 1 -   - 4 4 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1995-1998 35 5 3 / 12 25.00% 0 26 15 20 0 42.86% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wakefield Trinity 1999 26 12 1   - 50 8 18 0 30.77% List
Wakefield Trinity 2000 23 5 -   - 20 7 16 0 30.43% List
Wakefield Trinity 2001 25 4 -   - 16 8 17 0 32.00% List
Leeds 2002 31 7 -   - 28 18 13 0 58.06% List
Leeds 2003 32 12 -   - 48 20 9 3 62.50% List
Leeds 2004 29 12 -   - 48 24 4 1 82.76% List
Leeds 2005 33 12 -   - 48 26 7 0 78.79% List
Leeds 2006 24 8 -   - 32 17 7 0 70.83% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wakefield Trinity 1999-01 74 21 1   - 86 23 51 0 31.08% List
Leeds 2002-06 149 51 -   - 204 105 40 4 70.47% List
Overall1999-2006 223 72 1   0 290 128 91 4 57.40% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Terry Liberopoulos, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World