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John Cross

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 15th March, 1972
Current Age
54 years and 87 days

Known Family Links

Brother
Michael Cross

Competitions Won

Anzac Cup
2003
Challenge Cup AU
1992

Biography

Mobile second row forward, the son of former St George player Greg Cross, captained the Steelers as a 20-year-old to a narrow 11-10 loss to Great Britain in 1992. The Port Kembla product lived up to that early promise when he was named as Steelers’ captain in the absence of Bob Lindner while on Test duty in NZ in 1993. The ensuing seasons regularly saw Cross as one of the club's best players but a planned move to Super League club Penrith in 1997 was blocked because of his ARL loyalty contract. Cross finally joined the Panthers in 1998 and the hard-working back-rower was integral to the club’s success in the early part of the 1999 season and when the club qualified for the semi-finals in 2000. He returned ‘home’ and played his final season with the merged St George I’warra club in 2003.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tour Matches Illawarra SteelersILL - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW City vs Country Origin - - 1 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW City vs Country - 1 2 3 --- - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - 223 42 265 53-53 - - - 212 - 4 - 117 138 10 44.15% List
NRL Finals - 6 - 6 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 1 5 - 16.67% List
Anzac Cup 1 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Challenge Cup AU 1 9 3 12 4-4 - - - 16 - - - 9 3 - 75.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  225 44 269 53-53 - - - 212 - 4 - 118 141 10 43.87% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW City Firsts 1992-93   1 1 2 --- - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW Country 1995   - 1 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
IllawarraIllawarra 19911991 NSWRL Winfield Cup   2 6 82-2 - - - 8 - - - 4 4 - 50.00% List
IllawarraIllawarra 19921992 NSWRL Winfield Cup   19 6 259-9 - - - 36 - - - 14 10 1 56.00% List
IllawarraIllawarra 19931993 NSWRL Winfield Cup   18 3 214-4 - - - 16 - - - 11 10 - 52.38% List
IllawarraIllawarra 19941994 NSWRL Winfield Cup   21 - 218-8 - - - 32 - - - 11 8 2 52.38% List
IllawarraIllawarra 19951995 ARL Winfield Cup   22 - 224-4 - - - 16 - 2 - 10 11 1 45.45% List
IllawarraIllawarra 19961996 ARL Optus Cup   20 1 212-2 - - - 8 - - - 7 14 - 33.33% List
IllawarraIllawarra 19971997 ARL Optus Cup   15 4 193-3 - - - 12 - - - 8 8 3 42.11% List
PenrithPenrith 19971997 Super League Telstra Cup   - - 0--- - - - - - - - - - - - List
PenrithPenrith 19981998 NRL Premiership   18 - 187-7 - - - 28 - - - 7 9 2 38.89% List
PenrithPenrith 19991999 NRL Premiership   24 - 243-3 - - - 12 - 2 - 11 12 1 45.83% List
PenrithPenrith 20002000 Telstra NRL Premiership   26 - 265-5 - - - 20 - - - 14 12 - 53.85% List
PenrithPenrith 20012001 Telstra NRL Premiership   14 12 263-3 - - - 12 - - - 7 19 - 26.92% List
PenrithPenrith 20022002 Telstra NRL Premiership   14 1 151-1 - - - 4 - - - 5 10 - 33.33% List
St Geo IllaSt Geo Illa 20032003 Telstra NRL Premiership   10 9 192-2 - - - 8 - - - 8 11 - 42.11% List

NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Illawarra 1991-97   117 20 137 32-32 - - - 128 - 2 - 65 65 7 47.45% List
Penrith 1998-02   96 13 109 19-19 - - - 76 - 2 - 44 62 3 40.37% List
St Geo Illa 2003   10 9 19 2-2 - - - 8 - - - 8 11 - 42.11% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    9 Nov 2011 3:57am

    he was a machine... and probably still is!

  • Anonymous
    19 Apr 2012 1:02am

    he definatley still is

  • Wayne Harvey Royal Marine
    31 Oct 2015 3:36pm

    John is my hero they say never meet your heros but i did and it was better than i could have imagined

  • Anonymous
    25 Aug 2021 1:24am

    Should have been picked for the blues. But never got a chance

  • Tony Sz
    9 Sep 2025 12:18pm

    Loved to watch he play at Penrith. Should be proud of what he did it that era.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Tim Costello, Steven Russo

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Big League, Official League Website, News Reports, Wakefield Trinity Heritage , Widnes RLFC History , Warrington Rugby Heritage , RFL Player Registers