Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Rocky
- Born
- Saturday, 14th January, 1956
- Died
- Saturday, 4th June, 2022 (Aged 66 years and 141 days)
Awards & Accolades
Biography
19-year-old Wauchope product came to Easts with Ian Schubert in 1975 but was relegated to the Roosters' junior league (Paddington Colts) because of the 13 import rule. A talented centre/five-eighth, Laurie captained Easts' President's Cup before being finally graded in 1976. With Souths in 1980, he was rewarded after a tremendous season with his naming as the inaugural 'Dally M' Player of the Year. After returning to Easts where he played for two more seasons, he saw out the remainder of his career back at Wauchope.
- 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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| Craven Mild Cup | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 122 | 28 | - | - | 84 | 70 | 50 | 2 | 57.38% | List | ||||
| World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Tooheys Challenge Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | North Coast | 1 | - | - | - | - | 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 City Seconds | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1981 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1983 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| North Coast | 1984 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1980-1984 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1977 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1978 | 21 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1979 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1980 | 22 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1981 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1982 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1976-77, 1981-82 | 58 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 65.52% | List | |||
| South Sydney | 1978-80 | 64 | 16 | - | - | 48 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1976-1982 | 122 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 70 | 50 | 2 | 57.38% | List | |||
Contributions:
Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
27/01/2012
In 1980 when playing for South Sydney in Rugby League Week.Laurie got a 10.He got a 10 after South Sydneys 26-12 win over St George at Kogarah Oval on March 29.
19/09/2012
In 1983 ,he Captain-Coached Wauchope to a premiership in Group 3.
When playing for Souths he was awarded a brand new Volvo.....What was the award for ?
05/03/2016
can remember when jack gibson tossed a coin between rocky and shoey to go to grade.rocky came to the colts.in is first game he got coat hangered, while on the ground he looked up and said why did that bloke do that for i have only tackled him around the legs.i said welcome to easts juniors a bit different to country footy,but dont worry every one of your team mates will get square during the game.he became a great football playewr thanks to me as he had to do his tackle then get up quick and do mine
28/09/2020
Rocky was pencilled in as the replacement for Alan Thompson at 5/8 in the test team. Someone switched Wally Lewis to 5/8 and Rocky never got a look in. Bad timing.
11/08/2021
Played for Maitland and Inverell as well as Wauchope after leaving Sydney.
14/06/2022
Rocky you were agood friend and mate to all of us at wauchope so until we meet again Rest In Peace my friend
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