Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 27th July, 1936
- Died
- Tuesday, 28th November, 1978 (Aged 42 years and 123 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Biography
Former Mackay forward first represented Queensland in 1959 while playing in Toowoomba. A bulky second row forward who later joined the champion St George club in the 1960s, Rasmussen toured with the 1959-60 Kangaroos and made his Test debut against Great Britain. After playing against France in 1960 he was lured to St George and went on to play in five successive grand final wins (1962-66, the first at lock). Rasmussen played against Great Britain in two Tests in 1962 and while he was a frequent selection for NSW between 1962-68, he had to wait another five years to play for Australia again. Selected for his second Kangaroo tour in 1967, he played in all six Tests against Great Britain and France. His final appearance for Australia was in the successful 1968 World Cup series. After St George's reign as premiership champions ended, Rasmussen returned to Queensland to captain-coach Souths Brisbane – and again played for his state some ten years after his rep career began. League fans were saddened by his premature death from a heart attack at Greenmount near Toowoomba, in 1978, aged 51.
- 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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| Tour Matches | North Queensland Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Matches | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 25 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 56.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 15 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 2 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| NRL | 125 | 21 | 49 | - | 161 | 94 | 27 | 4 | 75.20% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NRL Finals | 14 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | St George Dragons | 1 | - | - | - | - | 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 | 1959-62, 1967-68 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1959-1961 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1959-1968 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North QLD | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Toowoomba | 1958, 1960 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| QLD Firsts | 1959-61, 1969 | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1962 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1962-63, 1967-68 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1962-63, 1967 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1968 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1956-1969 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1962 | 18 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 77.78% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1963 | 20 | 2 | 32 | - | 70 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1964 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1965 | 19 | 3 | 14 | - | 37 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 84.21% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1966 | 15 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1967 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 68.18% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1968 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 61.11% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | 1962-68 | 125 | 21 | 49 | - | 161 | 94 | 27 | 4 | 75.20% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Michael Borg, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
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