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Paul Clarke

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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
Saturday, 25th January, 1964
Current Age
62 years and 136 days

Known Family Links

Brother
Peter Clarke
Craig Clarke

Competitions Won

NSW City vs Country Origin
1991
NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
1991
Midweek Cup
1985, 1987
NSW Reserve Grade
1984

Biography

Balmain junior grabbed his chances with Penrith, earning the club's ‘best and fairest award in the Panthers’ historic premiership-winning season in 1991. ‘Nobby’ Clarke was released by the club at the end of the 1993 season but gave good service to the battling P’matta club in 1994-95.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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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 2 --- - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW City vs Country 1 2 1 3 --- - - - - - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRL/ARL (NRL Premiership) 1 162 25 187 6-6 - - - 24 - 5 - 99 84 4 52.94% List
NRL Finals - 5 2 7 --- - - - - - - - 5 2 - 71.43% List
Midweek Cup 2 8 3 11 --- - - - - - - - 10 1 - 90.91% List
Challenge Cup AU - 7 3 10 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 6 4 - 60.00% List
Club Career - UK   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
World Club Challenge - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  173 29 202 6-6 - - - 24 - 5 - 111 87 4 54.95% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW City 1991-92   1 1 2 --- - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1991   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

NSWRL/ARL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
BalmainBalmain 19841984 NSWRL Winfield Cup   5 1 61-1 - - - 4 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
BalmainBalmain 19851985 NSWRL Winfield Cup   23 1 24--- - - - - - - - 17 7 - 70.83% List
BalmainBalmain 19861986 NSWRL Winfield Cup   3 2 5--- - - - - - - - - 5 - 0.00% List
BalmainBalmain 19871987 NSWRL Winfield Cup   18 3 21--- - - - - - 2 - 13 7 1 61.90% List
BalmainBalmain 19881988 NSWRL Winfield Cup   1 2 3--- - - - - - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
BalmainBalmain 19891989 NSWRL Winfield Cup   4 2 6--- - - - - - 1 - 4 2 - 66.67% List
PenrithPenrith 19901990 NSWRL Winfield Cup   17 5 222-2 - - - 8 - - - 16 5 1 72.73% List
PenrithPenrith 19911991 NSWRL Winfield Cup   23 - 23--- - - - - - 1 - 18 4 1 78.26% List
PenrithPenrith 19921992 NSWRL Winfield Cup   16 5 21--- - - - - - - - 10 11 - 47.62% List
PenrithPenrith 19931993 NSWRL Winfield Cup   18 2 20--- - - - - - - - 7 13 - 35.00% List
ParramattaParramatta 19941994 NSWRL Winfield Cup   20 1 212-2 - - - 8 - 1 - 7 13 1 33.33% List
ParramattaParramatta 19951995 ARL Winfield Cup   14 1 151-1 - - - 4 - - - 2 13 - 13.33% List

NSWRL/ARL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Balmain 1984-89   54 11 65 1-1 - - - 4 - 3 - 39 25 1 60.00% List
Penrith 1990-93   74 12 86 2-2 - - - 8 - 1 - 51 33 2 59.30% List
Parramatta 1994-95   34 2 36 3-3 - - - 12 - 1 - 9 26 1 25.00% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    16 Jun 2016 7:41pm

    An absolute workhorse on the field and one of the best men you could ever meet off the field.

  • Anonymous
    19 Jul 2018 12:12pm

    One of the great front-rowers of the all time. Anyone would have to agree with him when he famously said "Penrith had no chance without me!" Obviously a genius reader of the game with all the skills (and more) of Beetson, Hall, Stehr, Hemsley, Lazarus and Steve Sharpe. A priceless and indispensable ornament to the game.

  • Anonymous
    18 Jun 2020 3:06pm

    A fabulously talented forward whose heroic feats will never be forgotten. Silky skills with both hands and feet. An unrivalled footy IQ ensures that he remains an essential role model for every aspring NRL rookie.

  • Anonymous
    31 Mar 2021 5:01pm

    Embodied everything that is good about our great game. Elite athleticism of the very highest order. A grand team man who gave his all in every game. A brilliant reader of the game with a Cameron Smith-like ability to read the direction of a set from three or four plays away. Devilish, fearless defender. Outstanding raconteur. The well-honed wine palate of a James Halliday. This bloke has it all.

  • Anonymous
    31 Aug 2022 11:50am

    A player of rare dedication and prodigious skill in both attack and defence. Feverishly sought after in the day by any club with premiership aspirations, this colossus of the game would be in the $1 million-plus per season category today. Made next-level forward play look easy with his deft hands and lightening speed. Probably. Rumoured to be a shoe-in as the next immortal. Only downside is that he can be a bit tight.

  • Anonymous
    1 Apr 2024 9:01am

    One of the most underrated players in the history of the game, unlucky to née=ver play origin in his career, arguably was the best front rower in the league from 1990 to 1993

  • Anonymous
    27 Apr 2024 1:39pm

    The way these websites know more about my uncles than I do is hilarious.

  • CJN
    7 Apr 2026 5:53am

    A champion of a player Paul & gave the game away way too early to start a professional singing career

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Steven Russo, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Derek Farrar

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), News Reports, Warrington Rugby Heritage , Wakefield Trinity Heritage , Match Video