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Bruce McGuire

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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
Wednesday, 31st January, 1962
Current Age
64 years and 133 days
Place Of Birth
Nowra, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

World Cup
1989/92
Test Series
1989 New Zealand vs Australia
State of Origin
1990
Midweek Cup
1987

Biography

1981 Country Firsts rep forward from Nowra gave the game away for two years while he travelled on a working holiday around Australia. In 1983 McGuire represented Victoria and South Australia and played for Darwin against Great Britain in 1984. He returned to Nowra in 1985 before coming to Balmain the following year. After being suspended for seven weeks for an incident in a midweek Panasonic Cup match McGuire developed into a highly consistent forward, representing City (1988), NSW (1989) and appearing in both of Balmain's grand final losing teams in 1988-89. McGuire toured NZ with the Australian squad in 1989 and appeared in two Tests after making his State of Origin debut for NSW the same year. He shifted to C’bury in 1991 and represented Australia as a replacement player on the ground-breaking tour of Papua New Guinea although he played in only one minor tour match. McGuire saw out his career with the Sheffield Eagles in England but then shifted to Warrington where he turned out for the tour match against the 1994 Kangaroos.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - - 2 2 --- - - - - - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
World Cup 1 - 1 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches Northern TerritoryNT - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches AustraliaAUS - 4 2 6 --- - - - - - - - 5 1 - 83.33% List
Tour Matches Warrington WolvesWTN - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Test Series 1 - 2 2 --- - - - - - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
State of Origin 1 5 - 5 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 2 3 - 40.00% List
NSW City vs Country Origin - 2 1 3 --- - - - - - - - - 3 - 0.00% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW City vs Country - 3 2 5 --- - - - - - - - 1 4 - 20.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - 107 16 123 13-13 - - - 52 2 3 - 74 45 4 60.16% List
NRL Finals - 9 - 9 2-2 - - - 8 - - - 5 4 - 55.56% List
Midweek Cup 1 7 - 7 2-2 - - - 8 - - - 5 2 - 71.43% List
Challenge Cup AU - 5 - 5 --- - - - - - - - 2 3 - 40.00% List
Club Career - UK   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
English Championship - 96 2 98 10-10 - - - 40 - - - 47 45 6 47.96% List
Premiership Trophy - 4 - 4 2-2 - - - 8 - - - 2 2 - 50.00% List
Challenge Cup - 6 - 6 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
Regal Trophy - 10 1 11 --- - - - - - - - 7 4 - 63.64% List
Yorkshire Cup - 4 1 5 3-3 - - - 12 - - - 3 2 - 60.00% List
UK Top Division - 96 2 98 10-10 - - - 40 - - - 47 45 6 47.96% List
Overall   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  248 24 272 32-32 - - - 128 2 3 - 149 113 10 54.78% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1989   - 2 2 --- - - - - - - - 2 - - 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1989   - 1 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW Country Firsts 1981   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Northern Territory 1984   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1988   - 1 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW 1989-90   5 - 5 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 2 3 - 40.00% List
NSW Country 1989-91   2 1 3 --- - - - - - - - - 3 - 0.00% List

NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
BalmainBalmain 19861986 NSWRL Winfield Cup   5 4 9--- - - - - - - - 4 5 - 44.44% List
BalmainBalmain 19871987 NSWRL Winfield Cup   5 5 10--- - - - - - - - 7 2 1 70.00% List
BalmainBalmain 19881988 NSWRL Winfield Cup   27 - 272-2 - - - 8 1 - - 19 8 - 70.37% List
BalmainBalmain 19891989 NSWRL Winfield Cup   19 - 194-4 - - - 16 - - - 13 5 1 68.42% List
BalmainBalmain 19901990 NSWRL Winfield Cup   16 3 19--- - - - - 1 1 - 11 8 - 57.89% List
CanterburyCanterbury 19911991 NSWRL Winfield Cup   23 - 235-5 - - - 20 - 1 - 13 9 1 56.52% List
CanterburyCanterbury 19921992 NSWRL Winfield Cup   12 4 162-2 - - - 8 - 1 - 7 8 1 43.75% List

NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Balmain 1986-90   72 12 84 6-6 - - - 24 2 1 - 54 28 2 64.29% List
Canterbury 1991-92   35 4 39 7-7 - - - 28 - 2 - 20 17 2 51.28% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
SheffieldSheffield 1989/90   15 1 162-2 - - - 8 - - - 6 9 1 37.50% List
SheffieldSheffield 1992/93   30 - 305-5 - - - 20 - - - 13 16 1 43.33% List
SheffieldSheffield 1993/94   30 2 322-2 - - - 8 - - - 16 14 2 50.00% List
WarringtonWarrington 1994/95   36 1 377-7 - - - 28 - - - 23 12 2 62.16% List
WarringtonWarrington 1995/96   9 - 9--- - - - - - - - 4 5 - 44.44% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Sheffield 1989, 1992-93   75 3 78 9-9 - - - 36 - - - 35 39 4 44.87% List
Warrington 1994-95   45 1 46 7-7 - - - 28 - - - 27 17 2 58.70% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    12 Jul 2018 10:49pm

    Great footballer . Was defiantly impired by that great Tiger JOHNNY OWENS.

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

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Widnes RLFC History , Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)