Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 7th September, 1959
- Current Age
- 64 years and 242 days
Biography
Former Australian Schoolboy RU captain toured England in 1977-78 with the Ella brothers, Michael O'Connor and Wally Lewis. After a meteoric 6 Test career and a premiership with P’matta RU club, the 20 year-old five-eighth changed codes to play for the Eels in 1980. Although he did not reach a similar level in rugby league, he was to a have a long and eventful career with four premiership clubs. Melrose proved a match-winner playing five-eighth, centre and occasionally fullback. He kicked the field goal that resulted in the draw against Manly in the last match at C’land Oval in 1981 but left the club after a falling out with coach Jack Gibson. At Souths in 1982, he was selected in one State of Origin match and seemed to on the verge of further rep honours but continually had to re-establish himself with a new club. Stints with Manly and Easts followed before he retired. In 1992 - more than a decade after he quit the amateur code - he won a court case to resume his rugby union career with Gordon.
- 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 % | ||||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 183 | 32 | 298 | 30 | 742 | 85 | 91 | 7 | 46.45% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 9 | 6 | 30 | - | 81 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW | 1982 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1980 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1981 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1982 | 26 | 8 | 79 | 4 | 186 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 53.85% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1983 | 24 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 154 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 45.83% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1984 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1985 | 24 | 3 | 42 | - | 96 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1986 | 22 | 3 | 47 | / | 68 | 69.12% | 2 | 108 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40.91% | List |
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1987 | 23 | 3 | 24 | / | 37 | 64.86% | 5 | 65 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 52.17% | List |
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1988 | 14 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14.29% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1989 | 15 | 4 | - | 4 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | 1980-81 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | 1982-83 | 50 | 10 | 148 | 12 | 340 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
Manly | 1984-85 | 39 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 151 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 53.85% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1986-89 | 74 | 11 | 71 | / | 105 | 67.62% | 13 | 199 | 28 | 43 | 3 | 37.84% | List |
Overall | 1980-1989 | 183 | 32 | 298 | 30 | 742 | 85 | 91 | 7 | 46.45% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Steven Russo, Michael Borg, Max Turner
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89
Your Say
14/05/2012
Was being groomed to be a future Wallaby captain when he 'defected' to League at age 20.
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