Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Gunna
- Born
- Tuesday, 24th April, 1956
- Current Age
- Turned 68 yesterday
- Place Of Birth
- Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Rugged Balmain junior spent three seasons in Queensland playing for Ayr and Brisbane Brothers before joining Newtown in 1978. Jensen was the NSW hooker in the only State of Origin match in 1981 and later played in the Jets’ grand final loss against P’matta. (He is also credited with being the first player sin-binned in a premiership match following the introduction of the rule that year). Jensen joined the newly promoted I’warra club in 1982 but was forced to retire because of a neck injury midway through the season.
- 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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| National Panasonic Cup | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 91 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 29 | 60 | 2 | 31.87% | List | ||||
| Tooheys Challenge Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| State of Origin | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1981 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1978 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9.09% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1979 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1980 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1981 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 61.90% | List | |||
| Illawarra | NSWRFL 1982 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1978-81 | 81 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 28 | 51 | 2 | 34.57% | List | |||
| Illawarra | 1982 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1978-1982 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 60 | 2 | 31.87% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
16/11/2009
Barry Jensen was the first ever player to be sent to the sin bin in a first grade match. He was sin-binned for 5 minutes by Referee Kevin Roberts playing for Newtown against Parramatta at Cumberland Oval in Round 1 1981.
18/08/2023
Played for Balmain in the old U23s competition in the mid 1970’s.
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