Geoff Connell

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 2nd October, 1945
Died
Saturday, 16th March, 2013 (Aged 67 years and 165 days)
Place Of Birth
Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Gundagai-born Geoff Connell went to Longreach Queensland as a youngster (where he represented Queensland Under 17s) before his family moved to Sydney. After playing in several junior representative teams with Balmain Connell made his first grade debut in 1966 but returned to Queensland to complete his National Service and played with Brisbane Easts from 1967-69. A mobile five-eighth or back row forward, he represented Queensland in 1967 before being called into Australia's Third Test team against NZ. Connell missed selection with the Kangaroos that year and although he played for Queensland against Great Britain in 1968, he did not play in another Test match. He returned to Balmain in 1970 but was released by the club the following year after suffering a recurring shoulder injury. Snapped up by Canterbury, he was a senior member of the young team that went down to Easts in the 1974 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 90 2 2   - 10 48 40 2 53.33% List
NRL Finals 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Interstate Matches 8 - -   - - 2 5 1 25.00% List
Tour Matches Queensland Firsts 2 1 -   - 3 1 1 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Test Series 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Craven Mild Cup 14 - 7   - 14 6 7 1 42.86% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1967 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
QLD Firsts 1967-69 10 1 -   - 3 3 6 1 30.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain NSWRFL 1965 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1966 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1970 16 1 -   - 3 8 8 0 50.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1971 6 - -   - - 3 3 0 50.00% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1972 20 1 -   - 3 12 8 0 60.00% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1973 20 - 2   - 4 11 8 1 55.00% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1974 13 - -   - - 9 4 0 69.23% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1975 9 - -   - - 3 5 1 33.33% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain 1965-66, 1970-71 28 1 -   - 3 13 15 0 46.43% List
Canterbury 1972-75 62 1 2   - 7 35 25 2 56.45% List
Overall1965-1975 90 2 2   0 10 48 40 2 53.33% List

Your Say

  • Steve Franklin
    23/06/2017

    I worked with Geoff at tip top many years ago and also trained trotters at the same time as he did and i must say he was one of the nicest persons i ever met and a good friend also.

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