Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Sparkles
- Born
- Sunday, 17th May, 1964
- Current Age
- 59 years and 348 days
- Place Of Birth
- Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Additional Notes
Junior Club: Engadine Dragons
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 % | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) | 197 | 41 | - | - | 164 | 89 | 102 | 6 | 45.18% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Leeds Rhinos | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
English Championship | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 13 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | |||
Test Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tooheys Challenge Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1988, 1990 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1988 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1988, 1990 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW | 1987-88, 1990-91 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | |||
NSW City | 1987-88, 1990-92 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1987-1992 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1984 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22.22% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1985 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40.91% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1986 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 44.44% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1987 | 20 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1988 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1989 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1990 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 52.38% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1991 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 35.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1992 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Penrith | NSWRL 1993 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRL 1994 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26.67% | List | |||
South Sydney | ARL 1995 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Cronulla | 1984-92 | 159 | 35 | - | - | 140 | 77 | 77 | 5 | 48.43% | List | |||
Penrith | 1993 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
South Sydney | 1994-95 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 27.27% | List | |||
Overall | 1984-1995 | 197 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 89 | 102 | 6 | 45.18% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Leeds | 1986/87 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Leeds | 1986 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Steven Russo, Bill Bates
Sources:
ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, Newspapers, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88
Your Say
16/01/2024
Currently on the tv show Gladiators as a referee. If you're old enough you might have seen him on the 1990s run of the show as one of the gladiators (Hammer). I wish they'd used his rugby league nickname XD
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