Steve Morris

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Steve Wayne Morris
Born
Wednesday, 19th June, 1957
Current Age
66 years and 305 days
Place Of Birth
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Clive Churchill Medal
1979
Dally M Player Of The Year
1979
Dally M Winger Of The Year
1984, 1987

Known Family Links

Son
Brett Morris
Josh Morris

Biography

Slippery' Steve Morris is the last player to have represented Australia while playing for a NSW Country team. In 1978 the live-wire halfback was playing for Dapto when he progressed through the Country and NSW ranks to play for Australia in the First Test against NZ. While this was to be his only Test appearance, Morris went on to have a long career in Sydney and in English club football. Joining St George in 1979, his duel with rival halfback, C’bury’s Steve Mortimer, was a highlight of the grand final and earned him the 'Dave Brown Medal' as the player of the match. In the mid-1980s, coach Roy Masters moved Morris to the wing (he had played in the centres with Dapto) and he scored St George's only try in the club’s 1985 grand final loss from that position. The 'Dally M' Winger of the Year in both 1984 and 1987, Morris saw out the final years of his career with Easts before playing with English club Leeds in 1987-88.
- 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 %  
National Panasonic Cup 9 7 -   - 24 4 5 0 44.44% List
City vs Country Firsts 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Interstate Matches 3 1 -   - 3 3 0 0 100.00% List
Test Series 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Craven Mild Cup 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
NRL 247 122 1   - 439 132 102 13 53.44% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NRL Finals 14 9 -   - 35 7 7 0 50.00% List
State of Origin 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
English Championship 12 8 -   - 32 7 2 3 58.33% List
Regal Trophy 5 2 -   - 8 4 1 0 80.00% List
Challenge Cup 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 1 1 -   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1978 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Illawarra Firsts 1977 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Seconds 1978 1 2 -   - 6 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1978-80 4 1 -   - 3 3 1 0 75.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1978 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1980 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW 1984, 1986 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1986 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1977-1986 11 3 0   0 9 7 4 0 63.64% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRFL 1979 18 14 -   - 42 15 3 0 83.33% List
St George NSWRFL 1980 24 11 -   - 33 14 8 2 58.33% List
St George NSWRFL 1981 21 9 -   - 27 7 13 1 33.33% List
St George NSWRFL 1982 22 17 -   - 51 9 12 1 40.91% List
St George NSWRFL 1983 28 19 -   - 76 16 11 1 57.14% List
St George NSWRL 1984 27 17 -   - 68 18 9 0 66.67% List
St George NSWRL 1985 24 11 1   - 46 17 5 2 70.83% List
St George NSWRL 1986 16 4 -   - 16 8 7 1 50.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1987 25 12 -   - 48 14 10 1 56.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1988 21 6 -   - 24 5 13 3 23.81% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1989 8 1 -   - 4 5 2 1 62.50% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1990 13 1 -   - 4 4 9 0 30.77% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1979-86 180 102 1   - 359 104 68 8 57.78% List
Eastern Suburbs 1987-90 67 20 -   - 80 28 34 5 41.79% List
Overall1979-1990 247 122 1   0 439 132 102 13 53.44% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 1987/88 19 10 -   - 40 12 4 3 63.16% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 1987 19 10 -   - 40 12 4 3 63.16% List

Your Say

  • Denis bargarey
    16/11/2013

    A wonderful player an excitement machine brought the crowd including me to their feet every time he had the ball now as an older dragons supporters great his sons exciting fans as he did thanks for memories slip one of my favourites

  • deb
    14/08/2014

    Thank goodness for you and your boys. Steve you demonstrated such great skill and brought so much excitement to the game and now we continue to enjoy that same excitement through Brett and Josh.
    Special times, special memories ... one of the greats!

  • Justin
    27/09/2020

    SLIPPERY my all time favourite player - the quickest over 20 metres

  • Steven Morris
    23/11/2021

    Could you please correct a few items. Didn’t play for Salford or Warrington .Played at Leeds 87/88 season. Also was picked for 2 Australian teams in 1978. 1st and 2nd Tests V NZ

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

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Newspapers, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89