David Furner

Son of former Australian coach Don Furner and a product of Queanbeyan Whites RU club, David Furner represented Australian RU Under 17s and Under 21s before joining Canberra in 1991. Selected for City Origin in 1993, the young backrower developed into a clever ball-player with a deceptive step. His naming as the Clive Churchill Medal winner in Canberra's 1994 grand final win over C’bury propelled him into the Kangaroo squad (interestingly, his father Don Furner, Chairman of Selectors, abstained from voting). A reserve in Australia's First Test loss at Wembley Furner's open play and capable goal-kicking skills were seen to good effect on tour. Furner was one of the last of the Canberra players to join Super League, a decision that could not have been easy given the fact that he father worked for the ARL. While Furner was a State of Origin rep in 1996 and again in 1998 after the reunification of the game, his only international matches after the 1994 Kangaroo Tour were during Super League’s 1997 season. In 1999 Furner was called into the NSW team as a replacement for the suspended David Barnhill in the historic third State of Origin match that finished in a draw. The highest point-scorer in the history of the Canberra club Furner surpassed Bernie Purcell’s long-standing record as the greatest point-scoring forward in the history of the game before leaving the Raiders at the end of 2000 to play for Wigan. A try-scorer in the club’s Challenge Cup final win in 2002 Furner moved to Leeds in 2003 as Wigan struggled under salary cap restrictions. He ended his career as a member of the Leeds team that defeated Bradford in the English Super League grand final in 2004. Furner then returned to Australia to take up an assistant coach’s role with the Raiders and was appointed team manager of the NSW ‘Blues’ for 2005.

Career Statistics

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International
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1994	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Australia (SL)	1997	1	2	-				-	8	1	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1994-1997	2	2	0				0	8	1	1	0	50.00%
International Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1994	1	1	-				-	4	1	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1994	1	1	0				0	4	1	0	0	100.00%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
New South Wales	1996, 1998-00	8	1	-				-	4	6	1	1	75.00%
NSW Country	1996	1	-	-				-	-	1	0	0	100.00%
New South Wales (SL)	1997	3	-	3				-	6	3	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1996-2000	12	1	3				0	10	10	1	1	83.33%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Canberra	NSWRL 1992	16	4	43	/	63	68.25%	-	102	8	8	0	50.00%
Canberra	NSWRL 1993	24	5	71	/	116	61.21%	-	162	16	7	1	66.67%
Canberra	NSWRL 1994	25	6	86	/	133	64.66%	-	196	20	5	0	80.00%
Canberra	ARL 1995	23	10	79	/	131	60.31%	-	198	20	3	0	86.96%
Canberra	ARL 1996	20	5	62	/	86	72.09%	-	144	11	8	1	55.00%
Canberra	Super League 1997	18	5	48	/	69	69.57%	-	116	10	8	0	55.56%
Canberra	NRL 1998	26	5	74	/	110	67.27%	-	168	16	10	0	61.54%
Canberra	NRL 1999	23	6	10	/	22	45.45%	-	44	13	9	1	56.52%
Canberra	NRL 2000	25	3	38	/	52	73.08%	-	88	14	11	0	56.00%
Overall	1992-2000	200	49	511	/	782	65.35%	0	1,218	128	69	3	64.00%
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Canberra	1992-00	200	49	511	/	782	65.35%	-	1218	128	69	3	64.00%
Overall	1992-2000	200	49	511	/	782	65.35%	0	1,218	128	69	3	64.00%
Australian Finals Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Canberra	1992-2000	15	2	30				-	68	7	8	0	46.67%
Overall	1993-2000	15	2	30				0	68	7	8	0	46.67%
English League Career - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Wigan	Challenge Cup 2001	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Wigan	Super League VI 2001	31	13	5				-	62	23	7	1	74.19%
Wigan	Challenge Cup 2002	4	-	-				-	-	4	0	0	100.00%
Wigan	Super League VII 2002	22	8	8				-	48	14	7	1	63.64%
Leeds	Challenge Cup 2003	5	4	15				-	46	4	1	0	80.00%
Leeds	Super League VIII 2003	27	4	12				-	40	16	8	3	59.26%
Leeds	Super League IX 2004	18	4	11				-	38	15	3	0	83.33%
Leeds	Challenge Cup 2004	2	-	-				-	-	1	1	0	50.00%
Overall	2001-2004	110	33	51				0	234	77	28	5	70.00%
English League Career - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Wigan	2001-02	58	21	13				-	110	41	15	2	70.69%
Leeds	2003-04	52	12	38				-	124	36	13	3	69.23%
Overall	2001-2004	110	33	51				0	234	77	28	5	70.00%

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