Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 7th October, 1946
- Current Age
- 77 years and 196 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Regarded as one of the most successful converts from the amateur code during the modern era John Brass was a classy centre renown for his great handling skills and brick-wall defence. A Randwick centre with 12 RU Tests to his credit, Brass switched codes on a record $30,000 contract to play with Easts in 1969. The following year he captained both his club and state before becoming a dual international when he played in all three Tests against the Ashes-winning Great Britain side. Brass declined to tour with Australia's victorious World Cup squad in 1970 due to business and family reasons but was a mainstay of the Roosters' great sides of the 1970s. Although missing the 1972 grand final loss to Manly because of injury, Brass played in both 1974-75 grand final successes with Easts. An accomplished inside centre and prolific goal-kicker, he scored 213pts during the 1974 season. After making himself available for rep duty in 1975, he captained Australia to victory against the Kiwis in a World Series match before touring Great Britain for the latter half of the short-lived competition. After leaving Sydney in 1976, Brass represented Country while captain-coach of the Tweed Heads ‘Seagulls’ in 1977-78. In 1998 Brass was appointed as a News Ltd representative on the NRL Board.
- 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 | 27 | 4 | 33 | - | 78 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 51.85% | List | ||||
NRL | 143 | 33 | 295 | 17 | 715 | 88 | 52 | 3 | 61.54% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
Test Series | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Endeavour Cup | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 7 | 3 | 31 | - | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 6 | 4 | 17 | - | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 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 | 1970, 1975 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1970-1975 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1969-70, 1975 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1970 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1974 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
North Coast | 1977 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1977 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1969-1977 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1969 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 31.25% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1970 | 20 | 4 | - | 8 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1971 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1972 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1973 | 21 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 105 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 52.38% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1974 | 22 | 8 | 94 | 1 | 213 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 86.36% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1975 | 24 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 191 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 87.50% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 23 | 6 | 69 | - | 156 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 56.52% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1969-76 | 143 | 33 | 295 | 17 | 715 | 88 | 52 | 3 | 61.54% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
22/08/2013
John was a great player he was a player that I looked up to when I was only 14 he was an insperation.
He played the game hard but very fair, great career John thanks for the memories. Peter
30/03/2020
My hero best inside centre ever roosters supporter forever Brad
20/04/2021
Great player even greater person
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