Lance Thompson

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 16th February, 1978
Died
Thursday, 23rd August, 2018 (Aged 40 years and 188 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

By the age of 22 this hard-working back-rower had played in 100 first grade games for the Dragons. After coming off the interchange bench in the club’s 1996 grand final loss to Manly Thompson played in the second row in the merged St George Illawarra’s 20-18 loss to Melbourne in the 1999 grand final. The red-haired forward was ruled out of the 2000 season after damaging knee ligaments but returned in 2001 to assume the club captaincy. Thompson struggled with injuries again in 2002-03 and relinquishing the captaincy to Trent Barrett before recapturing his best form in 2004. A contractual dispute with St George officials saw Thompson join neighbours Cronulla and he was one of the club’s best players in the troubled 2006 season.
- 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 240 29 18   - 152 126 106 8 52.50% List
NRL Finals 15 2 -   - 8 8 7 0 53.33% List
City vs Country 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Anzac Cup 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City 2001, 2003-04, 2006-07 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George ARL 1995 4 - 1 / 2 50.00% - 2 4 0 0 100.00% List
St George ARL 1996 25 1 8 / 12 66.67% - 20 15 8 2 60.00% List
St George ARL 1997 19 1 0 / 1 0.00% - 4 8 10 1 42.11% List
St George NRL 1998 22 2 -   - 8 11 10 1 50.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 1999 23 2 -   - 8 15 8 0 65.22% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2000 11 - 8 / 10 80.00% - 16 6 5 0 54.55% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2001 22 2 -   - 8 10 10 2 45.45% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2002 17 3 -   - 12 8 7 2 47.06% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2003 17 3 -   - 12 7 10 0 41.18% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2004 16 3 -   - 12 10 6 0 62.50% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2005 26 7 -   - 28 17 9 0 65.38% List
Cronulla NRL 2006 22 4 1 / 1 100.00% - 18 8 14 0 36.36% List
Cronulla NRL 2007 14 - -   - - 6 8 0 42.86% List
Cronulla NRL 2008 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1995-98 70 4 9 / 15 60.00% - 34 38 28 4 54.29% List
St Geo Illa 1999-05 132 20 8 / 10 80.00% - 96 73 55 4 55.30% List
Cronulla 2006-08 38 5 1 / 1 100.00% - 22 15 23 0 39.47% List
Overall1995-2008 240 29 18 / 26 69.23% 0 152 126 106 8 52.50% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    26/04/2012

    A True gentleman of the game.. Played hard and well respected by all

  • Anonymous
    25/08/2018

    Was a genuine kind and generous person. Sadly missed.

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

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual