Peter Provan

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 13th August, 1936
Died
Thursday, 13th May, 2010 (Aged 73 years and 273 days)

Awards & Accolades

Clive Churchill Medal
1959

Known Family Links

Brother
Norm Provan

Biography

The younger brother of St George legend Norm Provan captained Balmain to win the premiership in 1969. A rangy lock, Peter Provan started his career with the Dragons and played in the 1958-59 grand final wins with the club. His performance in the latter match was a standout and Balmain signed him in 1960 when he felt he had a better chance there to further his career. Provan was unfortunate in that he blossomed at the time when Johnny Raper was at the peak of his career, but he grabbed his chances when he could and made his sole Test appearance against NZ in Sydney in 1963. He played for Balmain in two losing grand finals (1964 & 1966) before he defied injury to lead the Tigers to a courageous win over Souths in the 1969 premiership decider. Provan retired after the match and he and Norm Provan remain the only set of brothers to lead teams on victory laps of the SCG at grand final time.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Country Carnival 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL 173 14 -   - 42 109 59 5 63.01% List
NRL Finals 13 - -   - - 7 6 0 53.85% List
Craven Mild Cup 31 2 -   - 6 15 12 4 48.39% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Test Series 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Balmain Tigers 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1963 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Seconds 1963 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRFL 1956 7 1 -   - 3 5 1 1 71.43% List
St George NSWRFL 1958 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
St George NSWRFL 1959 5 1 -   - 3 4 0 1 80.00% List
St George NSWRFL 1960 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1961 16 2 -   - 6 10 6 0 62.50% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1962 10 1 -   - 3 4 5 1 40.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1963 15 - -   - - 10 5 0 66.67% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1964 18 - -   - - 12 6 0 66.67% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1965 14 - -   - - 8 6 0 57.14% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1966 21 2 -   - 6 13 8 0 61.90% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1967 17 2 -   - 6 10 5 2 58.82% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1968 22 2 -   - 6 14 8 0 63.64% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1969 22 3 -   - 9 16 6 0 72.73% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1956, 1958-60 18 2 -   - 6 12 4 2 66.67% List
Balmain 1961-69 155 12 -   - 36 97 55 3 62.58% List
Overall1956-1969 173 14 0   0 42 109 59 5 63.01% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    09/07/2012

    Peter Provan one of the greatest Balmain Tigers sadly passed away early 2012.

  • Anonymous
    14/10/2021

    What a man amazing

  • Andrew
    14/10/2021

    My late father went through national service wit Peter Provan and was born ironically, 2 days after Peter.

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