Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 25th June, 1943
- Current Age
- 80 years and 306 days
Biography
Tenacious hooker originally from the Tweed Heads area, played in three grand final wins with Souths (1967-68 & 1970) and twice toured with the Kangaroos (1967-68 & 1973). Walters did not play in a Test until the tour of NZ, in 1969, after finally breaking into the NSW side. He went on to play Tests against Great Britain (1970), NZ (1971) and in two World Cup campaigns (1970 and 1972) before making his second Kangaroo Tour, in 1973. Walters, who played in four Tests on tour, based his career on the axiom that the quickest way to the line was straight ahead - he was neither fast nor flashy but was very effective in making the hard yards. He was used as a prop at Souths to accommodate the good form of hooker George Piggins but joined a growing exodus of Souths stars when he moved to Easts in 1974. He made his final Test appearance against Great Britain in the First Test that year before winning back-to-back premierships with Jack Gibson's champion Roosters team. Walters played the final season of his Sydney career with Manly in 1977.
- 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 | 42 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 71.43% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 197 | 22 | - | - | 66 | 146 | 49 | 2 | 74.11% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 72.73% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 20 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
World Cup | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1969-70, 1972-74 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1969-1972 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1969-70, 1972-74 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 66.67% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1969-70, 1972-74 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1969-1974 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 76.47% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1967 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1968 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 5 | 0 | 77.27% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1969 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 80.95% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1970 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 86.36% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1971 | 19 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 84.21% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1972 | 20 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1973 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1974 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1975 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 47.37% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1977 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
South Sydney | 1967-73 | 128 | 17 | - | - | 51 | 96 | 31 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1974-76 | 61 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 73.77% | List | |||
Manly | 1977 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
Overall | 1967-1977 | 197 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 146 | 49 | 2 | 74.11% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
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