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 % | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1952-1956 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 76.19% | List | |||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1952-1962 | 126 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 127 | 71 | 52 | 3 | 56.35% | List |
Contributions:
Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
05/02/2011
Peter Diversi is also a member of the North Sydney Team of the Century (lock).
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