Peter Diversi

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 5th April, 1932
Died
Monday, 22nd January, 2018 (Aged 85 years and 292 days)

Known Family Links

Nephew
Ray Price
Don Price
Brother-in-law
Kevin Price

Biography

Hardened lock's League career started in Wollongong before he earned a contract with Norths in 1952. A raw-boned teenager when he came to Sydney in 1952 Diversi established a reputation as a feared defender and his bone-crushing tackling became a feature of his game. Diversi's natural strength and pace complemented his cover defence and he was a tireless worker at the base of the scrum. He made his NSW debut in his debut year and, two years later, was called into Australia's Third Test team that secured the Ashes. Diversi also played in the inaugural World Cup competition in France that year but his only other Test appearance was against France in 1955. He left Norths to captain-coach Gundagai in 1956 but returned to play for Manly for five seasons - the highlight being his grand final appearance against St George in 1959. Diversi, who is the uncle of Australian Test lock Ray Price, retired in 1965 after two seasons with Kurri Kurri in the Newcastle competition.
- 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 126 17 38   - 127 71 52 3 56.35% List
Country Carnival 5 1 11   - 25 4 1 0 80.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
Interstate Matches 9 - 2   - 4 8 1 0 88.89% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 5 1 -   - 3 4 1 0 80.00% List
NRL Finals 8 2 7   - 20 3 5 0 37.50% List
Test Series 2 1 -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
The Ashes 1 1 -   - 6 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 3 1 -   - 3 1 2 0 33.33% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
City Cup 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1954-55 5 2 -   - 6 3 2 0 60.00% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1954 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1954 3 1 -   - 3 1 2 0 33.33% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1952-56 14 1 2   - 7 12 2 0 85.71% List
NSW City Firsts 1952-53 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Probables (AU) 1954 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1955 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1955 1 2 4   - 14 1 0 0 100.00% List
Riverina 1956 1 - 5   - 10 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1956 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1952-1956 21 3 11   0 31 16 5 0 76.19% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
North Sydney NSWRFL 1952 20 5 33   - 81 13 7 0 65.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1953 12 2 -   - 6 8 4 0 66.67% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1954 15 - -   - - 9 4 2 60.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1955 14 2 1   - 8 7 7 0 50.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1958 16 2 1   - 8 9 6 1 56.25% List
Manly NSWRFL 1959 18 3 3   - 15 10 8 0 55.56% List
Manly NSWRFL 1960 12 1 -   - 3 6 6 0 50.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1961 6 2 -   - 6 4 2 0 66.67% List
Manly NSWRFL 1962 13 - -   - - 5 8 0 38.46% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
North Sydney 1952-55 61 9 34   - 95 37 22 2 60.66% List
Manly 1958-62 65 8 4   - 32 34 30 1 52.31% List
Overall1952-1962 126 17 38   0 127 71 52 3 56.35% List

Your Say

  • Col the Bear
    05/02/2011

    Peter Diversi is also a member of the North Sydney Team of the Century (lock).

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Contributions: Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter