Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 20th May, 1945
- Current Age
- 78 years and 334 days
- Place Of Birth
- Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Biography
RU international five-eighth (9 Tests) assumed Phil Hawthorne's role in the Wallaby side after the latter had defected to rugby league. Ballesty's hidden talent as a goal-kicker emerged on the 1969 tour of South Africa but this skill was rarely utilised after joining former team-mates John Brass and Alan Cardy at Easts. Strictly a back-up goal-kicker to Test fullback Allan McKean and Brass, Ballesty was a try-scorer in the grand final loss to Manly in 1972 and was named RLW's Player of the Year. Ballesty joined former Easts coach Don Furner in Queanbeyan in 1974 and captained NSW Country in 1976. He spent two years as Secretary-Manager of Eastwood Rugby Club before pursuing a management career with C’bury Leagues Club.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Played in 9 Rugby Union tests for the Wallabies between 1968 and 1969.
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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| Craven Mild Cup | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| NRL | 55 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 79 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 58.18% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Monaro | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1972 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Monaro | 1974-79 | 10 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1975-77 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Overall | 1972-1979 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1970 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1971 | 15 | - | 17 | - | 34 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1972 | 25 | 10 | 4 | - | 38 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 72.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1973 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1970-73 | 55 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 79 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 58.18% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
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