Denis Pittard

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Saturday, 8th December, 1945
Current Age
78 years and 138 days

Awards & Accolades

Rothmans Medal
1969, 1971

Biography

Fine attacking five-eighth started his career with Wests before moving to Souths in 1968. Pittard, known as 'The Sneak' amongst team-mates, displaced Test pivot Jimmy Lisle in Souths' first grade team. Pittard was a darting, incisive attacking player who, with partner Bob Grant, formed the best halfback combination in the game at that time. Pittard won premierships with the club in 1968 and 1970-71 and became the first player to win two Rothmans Medals (1969 & 1971) – a measure of his standing in the great Souths teams of that era. He played for NSW in 1969 and also toured NZ with the Australian side that year. Pittard was selected in the 1970 World Cup squad but Bob Fulton played five-eighth in the final and Pittard did not represent Australia again. He later saw out his career with P’matta following a mass exodus from the financially savaged Souths club and captained the Eels to win the 1975 pre-season competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 198 81 28   - 299 121 73 4 61.11% List
Craven Mild Cup 39 11 -   - 33 30 7 2 76.92% List
City vs Country Firsts 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NRL Finals 12 2 -   - 6 8 4 0 66.67% List
Interstate Matches 5 4 -   - 12 5 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 6 1 -   - 3 5 1 0 83.33% List
Test Series 2 1 -   - 3 1 1 0 50.00% List
World Cup 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
National Panasonic Cup 5 3 8   - 25 4 1 0 80.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1969-70 6 1 -   - 3 3 3 0 50.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1969-1970 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sydney Firsts 1966 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1966, 1970 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1966, 1972 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1969-70, 1972 5 4 -   - 12 5 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1966-1972 10 5 0   0 15 8 2 0 80.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1965 9 3 -   - 9 3 6 0 33.33% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1966 16 2 -   - 6 8 8 0 50.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1967 19 9 -   - 27 10 7 2 52.63% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1968 14 6 -   - 18 12 2 0 85.71% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1969 21 12 -   - 36 17 4 0 80.95% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1970 23 5 -   - 15 18 4 1 78.26% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1971 21 11 -   - 33 16 5 0 76.19% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1972 21 12 -   - 36 14 7 0 66.67% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1973 21 10 -   - 30 11 9 1 52.38% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1974 18 4 1   - 14 4 14 0 22.22% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1975 15 7 27   - 75 8 7 0 53.33% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs 1965-67 44 14 -   - 42 21 21 2 47.73% List
South Sydney 1968-73 121 56 -   - 168 88 31 2 72.73% List
Parramatta 1974-75 33 11 28   - 89 12 21 0 36.36% List
Overall1965-1975 198 81 28   0 299 121 73 4 61.11% List

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio