Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Steve James Bowden
- Born
- Friday, 27th May, 1955
- Current Age
- 68 years and 329 days
- Place Of Birth
- Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Tough Newtown prop was involved in two violent clashes during the 1981 season. The first was in the State of Origin match when Bowden was sin-binned with Queensland's Rod Morris after an all-in brawl. The second occasion cost him a place in the grand final when he was sent off with Manly's Terry Randall in the major semi-final after one of the ugliest brawls seen at the SCG.
- 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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| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| NRL | 81 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 31 | 44 | 6 | 38.27% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| State of Origin | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1977 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1977-1981 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1978 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1979 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1980 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1981 | 23 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 60.87% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1982 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 61.11% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1978-82 | 81 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 31 | 44 | 6 | 38.27% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
05/03/2012
Sorry to correct you. Terry Randall was sent off along with Bowden after kicking him in the head. Broadhurst played on with bad facial injuries.
28/12/2017
Steve Bowden played 19 games in his first season. He had played 38 games up until 1980 according to his 1981 footy card. Was 188cm and 101kg.
09/04/2021
Was also the Minor Semi.
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