Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Gary Richard Pethybridge
- Nickname(s)
- Kooka
- Born
- Monday, 6th November, 1950
- Current Age
- 73 years and 167 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- Scott Pethybridge
- Brother
- Rod Pethybridge
Biography
P’matta junior had a promising career in front of him as a centre at St George in the mid-1970s before a neck vertebra injury forced him into early retirement. A NSW rep in 1973, Pethybridge risked paralysis to resume his career and captain the Panthers during the late 1970s. A lower grade coach at P’matta he was later the coach of Penrith's President's Cup side in 1993. Pethybridge’s brother, Rod, and son, Scott, also played first grade.
- 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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| NRL | 97 | 23 | - | - | 69 | 32 | 60 | 5 | 32.99% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 19 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 47.37% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1973 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1970 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1971 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1972 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 25.00% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1973 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 60.87% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1974 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1978 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11.11% | List | |||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1979 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 29.41% | List | |||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1980 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Parramatta | 1970-72 | 31 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 19.35% | List | |||
| St George | 1973-74 | 33 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 57.58% | List | |||
| Penrith | 1978-80 | 33 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 21.21% | List | |||
| Overall | 1970-1980 | 97 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 32 | 60 | 5 | 32.99% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
15/04/2014
Good player good bloke
26/06/2015
A truly gifted player even at a young age had the pleasure of playing in the same team as him in our junior years was clear to me from even that early age Gary was destined to go all the a great bloke who came from a great family
22/03/2022
Had the best side step i have seen
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