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Denis Pittard

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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

Full Name
Denis John Pittard
Born
Saturday, 8th December, 1945
Current Age
80 years and 184 days
Place Of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competitions Won

World Cup
1970
Interstate Series
1969, 1970, 1972
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1966, 1972
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1968, 1970, 1971
Preseason Cup
1969, 1972, 1975

Honours & Awards

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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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 6 - 6 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
World Cup 1 3 - 3 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Tour Matches Sydney FirstsSDF - 1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches AustraliaAUS - 9 1 10 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 6 4 - 60.00% List
Test Series - 2 - 2 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Interstate Series 3 5 - 5 4-4 -     - - - 12 - - - 5 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 2 1 1 2 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country 2 2 2 4 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 3 1 - 75.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 3 197 1 198 81-81 28     - - - 299 - - - 121 73 4 61.11% List
NRL Finals - 12 - 12 2-2 -     - - - 6 - - - 8 4 - 66.67% List
Preseason Cup 3 39 - 39 11-11 -     - - - 33 - - - 30 7 2 76.92% List
Midweek Cup - 5 - 5 3-3 8     - - - 25 - - - 4 1 - 80.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  258 4 262 101-101 36     - - - 375 - - - 169 87 6 64.50% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1969-70   6 - 6 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1969-1970   3 - 3 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Sydney Firsts 1966   1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1966, 1970   1 1 2 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1966, 1972   1 1 2 1-1 -     - - - 3 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1969-70, 1972   5 - 5 4-4 -     - - - 12 - - - 5 - - 100.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs 19651965 NSWRFL   8 1 93-3 -     - - - 9 - - - 3 6 - 33.33% List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs 19661966 NSWRFL   16 - 162-2 -     - - - 6 - - - 8 8 - 50.00% List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs 19671967 NSWRFL   19 - 199-9 -     - - - 27 - - - 10 7 2 52.63% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19681968 NSWRFL   14 - 146-6 -     - - - 18 - - - 12 2 - 85.71% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19691969 NSWRFL   21 - 2112-12 -     - - - 36 - - - 17 4 - 80.95% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19701970 NSWRFL   23 - 235-5 -     - - - 15 - - - 18 4 1 78.26% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19711971 NSWRFL   21 - 2111-11 -     - - - 33 - - - 16 5 - 76.19% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19721972 NSWRFL   21 - 2112-12 -     - - - 36 - - - 14 7 - 66.67% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19731973 NSWRFL   21 - 2110-10 -     - - - 30 - - - 11 9 1 52.38% List
ParramattaParramatta 19741974 NSWRFL   18 - 184-4 1     - - - 14 - - - 4 14 - 22.22% List
ParramattaParramatta 19751975 NSWRFL   15 - 157-7 27     - - - 75 - - - 8 7 - 53.33% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Western Suburbs 1965-67   43 1 44 14-14 -     - - - 42 - - - 21 21 2 47.73% List
South Sydney 1968-73   121 - 121 56-56 -     - - - 168 - - - 88 31 2 72.73% List
Parramatta 1974-75   33 - 33 11-11 28     - - - 89 - - - 12 21 - 36.36% List

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Wests Archives, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Tim Costello, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio

Sources: RFL Player Registers, News Reports