Nick Yakich

Flying Manly winger scored tries in each of his three appearances for NSW in 1965 which catapulted him into the squad for the Australian Tour of NZ. Born in Innisfail Queensland (the son of a Croatian immigrant who stowed away on a ship bound for Perth in the 1920s) Yakich moved to Mosman in the late 1940s and attended school at Marist Brothers with budding sprint star Ken Irvine. After attending Newcastle Teachers College with his brother Fred, Nick Yakich was posted to Harbord Primary School. Trialling with Manly at the instigation of Frank Stanton, a cricket team-mate, he was graded as a winger in 1960. Nick Yakich came under the guidance of former beach sprint champion Johnny Bliss, an assistant coach at the club, and went on to win 5 Australian Sprint Championships with the North Narrabeen Surf Club. In 1965 he was chosen for Australian on the tour of NZ and although he did not play in a Test (Ken Irvine and Mike Cleary were the Test wingers), Yakich was the leading try-scorer on tour with six tries in minor matches. Major knee surgery after suffering an injury in a match against Souths ended his Sydney career the following year and he retired from the game when he suffered a shoulder injury as captain-coach of Werris Creek in 1967.

Career Statistics

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Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW Firsts	1965	4	4	-				-	12	4	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1965	4	4	0				0	12	4	0	0	100.00%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1960	?	-	-				-	-
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1961	?	3	-				-	9
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1962	?	5	-				-	15
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1963	?	14	-				-	42
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1964	?	16	-				-	48
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1965	?	12	-				-	36
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1966	?	2	-				-	6
Overall	1960-1966	?	52	0				0	156	?	?	?	?
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	1960-66	?	52	-				-	156	?	?	?	?
Overall	1960-1966	?	52	0				0	156	?	?	?	?

 

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