Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 5th January, 1965
- Current Age
- 59 years and 313 days
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Aaron Raper
- Father
- John Raper
- Uncle
- Ron Raper
- Maurie Raper
- Gerard Raper
- Peter Raper
Biography
Son of St George legend John Raper played for Cronulla, St George (lower grades) and Wests during his career, as well as with Oldham in England in 1986-87. Stuart Raper later captain-coached Eden to premiership honours in 1992 before returning to Cronulla in 1994 and coaching the Sharks’ President's Cup team to grand final victory. Raper made it two premierships in three years after Cronulla’s win in the reserve grade grand final in 1996. After starting with the club at the beginning of 1997’s Super League season, he went to England to pursue his coaching career. After several seasons with Castleford, 2002 saw him at the helm of glamour club Wigan. Raper returned to Australia at the end of 2003 and took over as Sharks coach following the sacking of Chris Anderson. Raper’s time at the club was certainly a roller-coaster ride – the Sharks showed good early form in 2004 before fading; qualified for the finals in 2005 and then lost a club record ten straight games at the end of 2006. Raper was replaced by another sacked coach, the Roosters’ Ricky Stuart, for the 2007 season.
- 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 % | ||||
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Tour Matches | Oldham | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 37.50% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | - | 23 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 47.83% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Lancashire Cup | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1983 Winfield Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1984 Winfield Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Cronulla | 1983-84, 1986 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | 1989 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1983-1989 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 37.50% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Oldham | 1986/87 | 30 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Oldham | 1986 | 30 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 50.00% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates, Steven Russo
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
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26/03/2023
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