Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- Monday, 21st August, 2006
Biography
Balmain forward moved to Manly in 1961 and after representing NSW in two matches that year, was selected for Australia on the tour of NZ. Sinclair played in one Test match at lock, the 12-10 First Test win in Auckland, and in five other matches on tour (scoring 3 tries). He and later joined Second Division side Penrith, playing just one match after the club's promotion into the NSWRL in 1967.
- 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 | 97 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 45 | 51 | 1 | 46.39% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
City Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 54.55% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1958, 1961 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1961 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Western Division | 1965 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1958-1965 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1957 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1958 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1959 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1960 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1961 | 11 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1962 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1964 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | 1957-60 | 47 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 46.81% | List | |||
Manly | 1961-64 | 50 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 46.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1957-1964 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 45 | 51 | 1 | 46.39% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Your Say
01/03/2015
He was an absolute champion. A beautiful soul.
23/12/2017
An absolute legend. Best lock forward in his day.
05/09/2019
Terrific lock.Would have played a lot more internationals if it was not for the fact that John Raper was playing at the same time.
11/03/2020
Best Balmain player to live what a Legend
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