John Wittenberg

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 2nd October, 1939
Died
Thursday, 3rd November, 2005 (Aged 66 years and 32 days)
Place Of Birth
Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia

Known Family Links

Son
Jeff Wittenberg

Biography

Wide Bay prop played for Toowoomba in 1961 before going to Theodore where he represented Queensland against NSW and Great Britain in 1962. Wittenberg made his Test debut in the 1966 Ashes series against the visiting Lions before being involved in a bitter struggle with the QRL, which blocked his move to play with St George. Wittenberg sat out the 1967 season, forfeiting a place on the Kangaroo Tour, before joining the Dragons in 1968. Wittenberg went on to play three seasons in Sydney, representing NSW from 1968-70 and playing for Australia in the World Cup in 1968 and in Tests against NZ (1969) and Great Britain (1970).
- 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 %  
Tour Matches Brisbane Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Queensland Firsts 3 1 -   - 3 1 2 0 33.33% List
Interstate Matches 11 - -   - - 4 7 0 36.36% List
Tour Matches Central Queensland 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 12 1 -   - 3 9 3 0 75.00% List
Test Series 6 - -   - - 4 2 0 66.67% List
The Ashes 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Craven Mild Cup 13 1 -   - 3 6 7 0 46.15% List
NRL 53 4 -   - 12 33 18 2 62.26% List
City vs Country Firsts 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 4 - -   - - 4 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1966, 1968-70 10 - -   - - 8 2 0 80.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1966-1968 4 - -   - - 4 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Brisbane Firsts 1962 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
QLD Firsts 1962-63, 1966 9 1 -   - 3 1 8 0 11.11% List
Central QLD 1963, 1966 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1968-70 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1968-70 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1962-1970 20 1 0   0 3 10 10 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRFL 1968 18 - -   - - 10 6 2 55.56% List
St George NSWRFL 1969 13 - -   - - 8 5 0 61.54% List
St George NSWRFL 1970 22 4 -   - 12 15 7 0 68.18% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1968-70 53 4 -   - 12 33 18 2 62.26% List

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