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Gary Stevens

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Gary Richard Stevens
Born
Tuesday, 4th January, 1944
Died
Thursday, 30th January, 2025 (Aged 81 years and 26 days)
Place Of Birth
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

World Cup
1975
The Ashes
1974
Test Series
1973/74 France vs. Australia
Interstate Series
1972, 1974, 1975
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1967, 1968, 1970, 1971
Preseason Cup
1966, 1972

Known Family Links

Grandfather
Arthur Oxford
Brother
Wayne Stevens

Biography

Extremely fit, hard-tackling Souths forward played in two grand final victories (1970-71). Souths' club historian, the late Tom Brock, stated that Stevens' career demonstrates that not all international stars are instant successes. Promoted to grade from Souths Juniors in 1964, he played in just 22 first grade matches in the next five seasons. The grandson of club great Arthur Oxford, Stevens cemented his place in Souths top team in 1970 and went on to play in Australia's 1972 World Cup campaign before touring with the 1973 Kangaroos. When Australia lost the First Test to Great Britain, Stevens was chosen to tighten defences and played in the last two Test victories. He played against France in the Second Test followed by two Tests against Great Britain in 1974. While Souths experienced a dreadful season in 1975, Stevens' efforts in a beaten side were rewarded with a place in Australia's World Series squad. He later joined C’bury under former Souths teammate Bob McCarthy.
- 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   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 4 186 11 -   - 33 105 75 6 56.45% List
Preseason Cup 2 35 3 -   - 9 21 13 1 60.00% List
NSWRFL Finals - 8 - -   - - 5 3 0 62.50% List
Tour Matches Sydney Colts - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
City vs Country Firsts - 3 1 -   - 3 2 1 0 66.67% List
Interstate Series 3 5 - -   - - 3 1 1 60.00% List
World Cup 1 6 - -   - - 4 0 2 66.67% List
Tour Matches Australia - 14 - -   - - 10 1 3 71.43% List
The Ashes 1 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Test Series 2 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts - 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Midweek Cup - 6 2 -   - 6 2 4 0 33.33% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1972-75   11 - -   - - 8 1 2 72.73% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1972, 1975   6 - -   - - 4 0 2 66.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sydney Colts 1970   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1971   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1972, 1974-75   7 - -   - - 4 2 1 57.14% List
NSW City Firsts 1972, 1974-75   3 1 -   - 3 2 1 0 66.67% List
Overall1970-1975   12 1 0   0 3 7 4 1 58.33% List


Club Career

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
South Sydney NSWRFL 1965   3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1966   6 1 -   - 3 3 3 0 50.00% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1967   8 - -   - - 5 3 0 62.50% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1968   6 - -   - - 4 2 0 66.67% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1969   5 1 -   - 3 5 0 0 100.00% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1970   23 3 -   - 9 18 4 1 78.26% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1971   18 3 -   - 9 15 3 0 83.33% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1972   18 2 -   - 6 11 7 0 61.11% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1973   16 - -   - - 7 8 1 43.75% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1974   20 - -   - - 11 8 1 55.00% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1975   17 1 -   - 3 3 14 0 17.65% List
South Sydney NSWRFL 1976   21 - -   - - 7 14 0 33.33% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1977   7 - -   - - 3 3 1 42.86% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1978   18 - -   - - 11 5 2 61.11% List

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
South Sydney 1965-76   161 11 -   - 33 91 67 3 56.52% List
Canterbury 1977-78   25 - -   - - 14 8 3 56.00% List
Overall1965-1978   186 11 0   0 33 105 75 6 56.45% List

Your Say

  • Uncle Al
    25/09/2013

    The best and hardest tackler I have seen in my 50 years of watching league

  • Leigh
    06/09/2024

    The toughest tackler I’ve ever seen.

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