Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 20th August, 1981
- Current Age
- 42 years and 37 days
- Place Of Birth
- Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
- Father
- Robert Finch
Biography
Newcastle junior, the son of former St George centre Robert Finch, moved to the Hunter Mariners development squad in 1997 when his father joined the Super League club from the Knights. Brett Finch spent three seasons at Canberra but never quite stamped his imprimatur on the club. That opportunity came with defending premiers, the Roosters, in 2003 and while the next two seasons ended it grand final defeat for Finch and the club, the creative halfback managed to shine behind a hard-working pack. In 2004 he was brought into NSW’s State of Origin team for the second match of the series. Following Easts’ grand final loss to the Bulldogs in 2004 Finch found himself out of favour as his club slumped to miss the semi-finals in 2005. Called into NSW’s State of Origin team in the first match of the 2006 series, Finch scored a try and kicked the winning field-goal in the Blues 17-16 win. Used from the interchange bench and as a stop-gap hooker at the Roosters in 2006 he successfully gained a release from the final year of his contract to join P’matta for 2007.
- 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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NRL | 270 | 66 | 1 | 12 | 278 | 143 | 124 | 3 | 52.96% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 15 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Cup | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
All Stars | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Super League | 52 | 16 | - | - | 64 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 71.15% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW | 2004, 2006 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NSW Country | 2006, 2008 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL | 2010 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 2004-2010 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canberra | NRL 1999 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
Canberra | NRL 2000 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Canberra | NRL 2001 | 26 | 12 | - | - | 48 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 34.62% | List | |||
Canberra | NRL 2002 | 25 | 6 | - | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 40.00% | List | |||
Sydney | NRL 2003 | 25 | 12 | - | 1 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 68.00% | List | |||
Sydney | NRL 2004 | 27 | 11 | - | 3 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
Sydney | NRL 2005 | 20 | 3 | - | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
Sydney | NRL 2006 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 34.78% | List | |||
Parramatta | NRL 2007 | 25 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 56.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NRL 2008 | 22 | 5 | - | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NRL 2009 | 4 | - | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List |
Melbourne | NRL 2009 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 70.00% | List | |||
Melbourne | NRL 2010 | 21 | 3 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 57.14% | List |
Melbourne | NRL 2013 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canberra | 1999-02 | 70 | 22 | - | 2 | 90 | 29 | 39 | 2 | 41.43% | List | |||
Sydney | 2003-06 | 95 | 31 | - | 6 | 130 | 54 | 41 | 0 | 56.84% | List | |||
Parramatta | 2007-09 | 51 | 7 | - | / | 1 | 0.00% | 2 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 52.94% | List |
Melbourne | 2009-10, 2013 | 54 | 6 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | 2 | 28 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 61.11% | List |
Overall | 1999-2013 | 270 | 66 | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | 12 | 278 | 143 | 124 | 3 | 52.96% | List |
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Wigan | 2011 | 29 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 72.41% | List | |||
Wigan | 2012 | 31 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 74.19% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Wigan | 2011-12 | 60 | 18 | - | - | 72 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 73.33% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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