Career Stats & Summary
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Bustling
- Born
- Saturday, 10th November, 1962
- Current Age
- 55 years and 160 days
Awards & Accolades
Biography
Hard-running forward was a regular in the Australian Test team for the better part of a decade without being able to find stability with one club. Lindner played lock with Brisbane Souths (1983-84) and Wynnum-Manly (1985-86) before representing Australia on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour. He played in all six Tests (Papua New Guinea, Great Britain and France) but stays at P’matta (as a much-touted replacement for Ray Price) and the G’Coast were short-lived. Representative honours continued, however, and following a stint with Castleford in England he played against NZ in 1987 and Great Britain in 1988. A broken leg in a State of Origin match in 1989 ruled him out of the NZ tour but after joining a young Wests club in 1990 he was later named player of the 1990 Kangaroo Tour of England and France. Lindner suffered another broken leg injury in 1991 but made a great recovery before breaking the leg again while playing for Australia against NZ. 1992 saw him taking on the visiting Great Britain side, pushing his Test tally to 19 matches, before playing in the World Cup final. Wests' salary cap problems saw him join his fourth premiership club, I’warra, in 1993 but after playing for Australia (against NZ) and Queensland (an emotional try-scoring performance in the Maroons' 24-12 win), he announced his intention to leave Australia to play with Oldham. Lindner took over as captain-coach of the English following the departure of Peter Tunks and successfully averted the team’s relegation to Second Division. He then linked with the short-lived South Queensland Crushers where he was originally recruited as a player but retired in order to replace Bill Gardner as club coach in 1995-96. Lindner stood down as coach in 1997, which was also the Crushers’ final year in the ARL premiership.
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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International | ||||||||||||||
Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
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Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1986-88, 1990-93 | 24 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 75.00% | ![]() |
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Overall | 1986-1993 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 75.00% | ![]() |
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World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | ![]() |
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Overall | 1986-1992 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | ![]() |
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Queensland | 1984-93 | 25 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 52.00% | ![]() |
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Overall | 1984-1993 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 52.00% | ![]() |
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Australian League Matches - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1987 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | ![]() |
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Parramatta | NSWRL 1988 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | ![]() |
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Gold Coast | NSWRL 1989 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20.00% | ![]() |
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Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1990 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 31.25% | ![]() |
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Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1991 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | ![]() |
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Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1992 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | ![]() |
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Illawarra | NSWRL 1993 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | ![]() |
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Overall | 1987-1993 | 97 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 42 | 52 | 3 | 43.30% | ![]() |
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Australian League Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | 1987-88 | 28 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 39.29% | ![]() |
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Gold Coast | 1989 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20.00% | ![]() |
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Western Suburbs | 1990-92 | 39 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 43.59% | ![]() |
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Illawarra | 1993 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | ![]() |
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Overall | 1987-1993 | 97 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 42 | 52 | 3 | 43.30% | ![]() |
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Australian Finals Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | 1990-1992 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | ![]() |
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Overall | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | ![]() |
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English League Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Castleford | Championship 1986/87 | ? | 4 | - | - | 16 | ||||||||
Castleford | Championship 1987/88 | ? | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Oldham | Championship 1993/94 | ? | 10 | - | - | 40 | ||||||||
Overall | 1986-1994 | ? | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
English League Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Castleford | 1986-88 | ? | 9 | - | - | 36 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
Oldham | 1993-94 | ? | 10 | - | - | 40 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
Overall | 1986-1994 | ? | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Last modified: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:52:59 +1000 (Sydney time)
Your Say
Amity says: He came into the supermarket where I work. Few of us realised who he was. Asked him for an autograph for a work mate and he signed a bit of paper for him. Seems like a really nice guy. And a bit cute. (01/09/2009)
fiona pearson says: great fella, met bobby in his other profession, helped diagnose a serious condition of mine, so glad i went to see him that day (18/10/2011)
dan says: best qld fwd ever! my fav of all time & im a nsw/tiger fan. (29/05/2012)
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