Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Sydney Wiremu Eru
- Born
- Monday, 26th July, 1971
- Current Age
- 53 years and 134 days
- Place Of Birth
- Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs France 1995, New Zealand vs Great Britain 1996, Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1996, Great Britain vs New Zealand 1998
Biography
Wellington hooker, a 19-Test veteran for NZ between 1995 and 1998, was a foundation member of the Auckland Warriors in 1995. Eru’s international career got off to a rocky start in 1995 when he played against France and Australia but was then banned from the World Cup competition after testing positive to the drug pseudo ephedrine.
- 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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| Anzac Tests | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 7 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.71% | List | |||
| Test Series | 4 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | - | 59 | 15 | - | - | 60 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 47.46% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1995-98 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 55.56% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1995 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Auckland | ARL 1995 Winfield Cup | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| Auckland | ARL 1996 Optus Cup | 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Auckland | Super League 1997 Telstra Cup | 18 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.89% | List | ||||
| Auckland | 1998 NRL Premiership | 13 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Auckland | 1999 NRL Premiership | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Warriors | 1995-99 | 59 | 15 | - | - | 60 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 47.46% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Terry Liberopoulos
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)
Your Say
26/02/2012
hey syd, this's your number 1 fan, have been for years. pity your not still play'g league, you were a legend in your time... cheers bro, alex
08/02/2022
Hey my mate must keep in touch before we getting pushed round in the wheelchair otherwise catch up some time with some good team talk advice for work
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