Bradley Clyde

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 27th January, 1970
Current Age
54 years and 60 days
Place Of Birth
Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Clive Churchill Medal
1989, 1991
Dally M Lock Of The Year
1989, 1990
Dally M Representative Player Of The Year
1992
Harry Sunderland Medal
1992
National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
2008
NSWRL Hall Of Fame
2017

Biography

Canberra junior (Belconnen) toured Great Britain with the unbeaten Australian Schoolboys in 1986 before becoming the Raiders' first homegrown international player. Clyde impressed in his first grade debut in 1988 as a brilliant defender with a non-stop work rate in attack. His breakthrough season was in 1989; making his State of Origin debut, touring NZ with the Australian side (with a ‘man of the match’ performance in the Third Test) and winning the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player in the 1989 grand final. Tragically, a knee injury denied him a place in the 1990 grand final team that defeated Penrith and ultimately, with the Kangaroo Tour. He returned to the national side for the Test series against NZ in 1991 and his efforts in the losing team against Penrith in the grand final earned him his second Clive Churchill Medal award. Clyde was Australian vice-captain on the end of season tour of Papua New Guinea, and was named ‘man of the series’ in the two Tests. Following Australia's Ashes win over Great Britain in 1992, in which he was awarded the Harry Sunderland Medal as Player of the Series, he suffered a shoulder injury in the World Cup Final which led him to miss the early part of the 1993 season. After playing in the 1993 Trans Tasman series, Clyde set his sights on making his first Kangaroo tour the following year. His absence from the Australian Test team that thrashed France at P’matta Stadium (again, because of injury) was only a momentary setback. Following Canberra's great grand final win over Canterbury, he played in all four Tests on the 1994 Kangaroo Tour. Incredibly, it was to be his final appearance for the national team, except for two Super League Tests in 1997. Clyde became the focal point of the Super League war when, in the face of a huge offer from Easts, he became one of News Ltd's first signings. It was then ironic then that after overcoming injuries to play a full 1998 season, he was let go by the Raiders because of salary cap restrictions to join team-mate Ricky Stuart at Canterbury. Clyde was in good form in the early part of the 1999 season and was chosen in the NSW team for the first time in five years. In a highly publicised incident, Clyde and Blues’ team-mate Robbie Kearns were thrown from horses and injured during a ‘team bonding’ session. Clyde missed the series and did not play in another rep match. The following year, he left Australia to join former Raiders’ team-mates Brett Mullins and Dean Lance (coach) at Leeds. A recurring injury to his achilles tendon saw him released by the club after just one season - a sad end to a career that had reaped so many early rewards. Returning to Australia, Clyde was caught in a dispute between Canberra and the ACT Brumbies for his services before taking on a position as Bulldogs’ Jersey Flegg coach. Clyde was later named Bulldogs football manager.
- 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 %  
National Panasonic Cup 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
NRL 214 46 -   - 184 143 69 2 66.82% List
NRL Finals 24 3 -   - 12 14 10 0 58.33% List
City vs Country 4 1 -   - 4 4 0 0 100.00% List
State of Origin 12 2 -   - 8 7 5 0 58.33% List
Tour Matches Australia 22 12 -   - 48 19 3 0 86.36% List
Test Series 15 4 -   - 12 11 3 1 73.33% List
World Cup 5 3 -   - 12 5 0 0 100.00% List
World Club Challenge 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 5 3 -   - 12 4 1 0 80.00% List
The Ashes 6 1 -   - 8 4 2 0 66.67% List
Challenge Cup 3 3 -   - 12 2 1 0 66.67% List
Super League 12 1 -   - 4 6 5 1 50.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1989, 1991-94 19 6 -   - 24 15 3 1 78.95% List
Australia (SL) 1997 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1989-1997 21 6 0   0 24 16 4 1 76.19% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1989, 1991-92 5 3 -   - 12 5 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1989-92, 1994 12 2 -   - 8 7 5 0 58.33% List
NSW City 1989-90 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Country 1992, 1994 2 1 -   - 4 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW (SL) 1997 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1989-1997 18 3 0   0 12 13 5 0 72.22% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra NSWRL 1988 13 3 -   - 12 7 6 0 53.85% List
Canberra NSWRL 1989 22 5 -   - 20 18 4 0 81.82% List
Canberra NSWRL 1990 14 4 -   - 16 11 3 0 78.57% List
Canberra NSWRL 1991 15 2 -   - 8 13 2 0 86.67% List
Canberra NSWRL 1992 16 2 -   - 8 8 8 0 50.00% List
Canberra NSWRL 1993 9 1 -   - 4 6 3 0 66.67% List
Canberra NSWRL 1994 23 10 -   - 40 18 5 0 78.26% List
Canberra ARL 1995 22 5 -   - 20 19 3 0 86.36% List
Canberra ARL 1996 3 2 -   - 8 2 1 0 66.67% List
Canberra Super League 1997 19 1 -   - 4 10 9 0 52.63% List
Canberra NRL 1998 22 3 -   - 12 13 9 0 59.09% List
Canterbury NRL 1999 19 6 -   - 24 12 6 1 63.16% List
Bulldogs NRL 2000 17 2 -   - 8 6 10 1 35.29% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra 1988-98 178 38 -   - 152 125 53 0 70.22% List
Canterbury 1999-00 36 8 -   - 32 18 16 2 50.00% List
Overall1988-2000 214 46 0   0 184 143 69 2 66.82% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 2001 15 4 -   - 16 8 6 1 53.33% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 2001 15 4 -   - 16 8 6 1 53.33% List

Your Say

  • Anon female
    29/03/2011

    Oh my.....Brad is such fantastic eye candy!

  • Belco boy
    22/09/2012

    Clyde was such a great player in the mould of Wayne Pearce. Injuries are the only thing that has stopped him from being an immortal!

  • Wes
    28/01/2014

    Best player in the world in his play, forget Hanley, Lindner, etc etc. From 1990 till 98 he was the Worlds Best Lock Forward - PERIOD!!!

  • Anonymous
    14/03/2015

    The greatest lock ever to play league.

  • Anonymous
    17/06/2015

    a great player for Raiders and Blues

  • Anonymous
    18/02/2017

    The workhorse , more heart than phar lap

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Terry Liberopoulos, Bill Bates, Max Turner, Steven Russo

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World