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Tony Paskins

Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Anthony Heather Paskins
Born
Monday, 5th December, 1927
Died
Thursday, 15th August, 2019 (Aged 91 years and 254 days)

Competitions Won

European Championship
1952/53
Interstate Series
1961, 1962
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1961, 1962

Biography

Tony Paskins went straight from Randwick's RU ranks to English club football and despite never playing for Australia he is regarded as one of the best centres to emerge in the era immediately after the war. Paskins played for Workington Town (Cumbria) in England after being discovered by 1946 Lions tour captain Gus Risman. He went on to play in the club's Challenge Cup win in 1952 and also represented Other Nationalities. Paskins returned to Australia to captain Easts in 1955 and represented NSW the following year against NZ. As captain-coach of Oberon in Western NSW he led Country to shock wins over City in 1961-62 and captained NSW against Great Britain in the latter year. Unfortunately he was not chosen in the Test sides that year and later came to Manly (captain-coach in 1963) before returning to the country to play for Narrabri. Paskins coached Easts in 1973 following the departure of Don Furner for Queanbeyan.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -11-112-2-  --6---83-72.73%List
Tour MatchesWorkington TownWRK-3-32-22  --10---12-33.33%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-2-2----  -------2-0.00%List
Tour MatchesWestern DivisionWDV-1-1----  -------1-0.00%List
European Championship 111-112-2-  --6---83-72.73%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Interstate Series 23-3---13  --26---3--100.00%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 22-21-1-  --3---2--100.00%List
NSW City vs Country 22-21-1-  --3---2--100.00%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Country Carnival -2-21-11  --5---11-50.00%List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) -69-6913-13104  --247---2642137.68%List
Preseason Cup -8-81-18  --19---43150.00%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 99-9919-19127  --311---4453244.44%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Other1949-53 11-112-2-  --6---83-72.73%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSW Firsts1956, 1961-62 5-5---13  --26---32-60.00%List
Western Division1959, 1962 2-2----  -------2-0.00%List
NSW Country Firsts1961-62 2-21-1-  --3---2--100.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19551955 NSWRFL 5-54-41  --14---23-40.00%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19561956 NSWRFL 15-155-530  --75---410126.67%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19571957 NSWRFL 15-152-249  --104---87-53.33%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19581958 NSWRFL 17-172-220  --46---89-47.06%List
ManlyManly19631963 NSWRFL 12-12---3  --6---48-33.33%List
ManlyManly19641964 NSWRFL 5-5---1  --2----5-0.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Eastern Suburbs1955-58 52-5213-13100  --239---2229142.31%List
Manly1963-64 17-17---4  --8---413-23.53%List

Your Say

  • barry grady
    29 Dec 2013 8:12am

    one of the very best rugby league player coaches to play in the country and he definitely put OBERON on the map

  • ron moroney
    8 May 2015 3:55pm

    I rememember him for Oberon and NSW Country, big, strong with a sidestep in the Langlands class.

  • Mick Press
    13 Sep 2022 11:20pm

    Definitely the best player coaches in country NSW taking Oberon to group 10 premierships, Western Division to victory over all the other devisions including Newcastle then country wins over City 1961/62 and that was before Origin, it was a pleasure to watch him play the game

  • Peter Phelan
    17 Feb 2024 10:52pm

    I only saw Paskins play once but I've never forgotten his performance that day in '61, he absolutely cut the City backline to shreds and he did it repeatedly.
    I've never seen a better centre's game and that includes any Pom who's ever been here since 1954, plus Gasnier and Meninga.

  • Peter Ham
    9 Jun 2024 5:18pm

    My grandfather lived in Tuncurry.
    Jack ( skipper ) Elliott.
    I meet Tony one afternoon, at the fishermans Co-Op. I was about 14yrs old. I introduced myself, my name is Peter Ham and I’m Jack Elliott
    ‘s grandson. Could I please come out with you one day. Tony said, do you know where I tie up. Yes, I said. See you at 4.30 in the morning.
    I had a few trips with him, over the years.

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