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Willie Poching

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 30th August, 1973
Current Age
51 years and 207 days

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

Super League
2004
World Club Challenge
2005

Known Family Links

Cousin
Frank Winterstein

Biography

Former Warriors forward played for Hunslet in 1988 and Wakefield Trinity in 1999-01. He also represented Western Samoa in the 1995 World Cup and Samoa in 2000. Poching moved to Leeds in 2002 and appeared in the 2003 English Challenge Cup Final. He was also a member of the Leeds team that won the 2004 English Super League grand final.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - 35 5 3   - 26 15 20 0 42.86% List
World Cup - 6 - 2   - 4 3 3 0 50.00% List
Challenge Cup - 22 7 1   - 30 15 7 0 68.18% List
Super League 1 200 64 -   - 256 112 84 4 56.00% List
Super League Finals - 9 1 -   - 4 4 5 0 44.44% List
World Club Challenge 1 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Samoa 1995, 2000   6 - 2   - 4 3 3 0 50.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Samoa 1995, 2000   6 - 2   - 4 3 3 0 50.00% List


Club Career

ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Auckland ARL 1995 Winfield Cup   2 1 -   - 4 2 0 0 100.00% List
North Qld ARL 1996 Optus Cup   16 - 2 / 8 25.00% - 4 4 12 0 25.00% List
Hunter Super League 1997 Telstra Cup   13 3 1 / 4 25.00% - 14 5 8 0 38.46% List
St George 1998 NRL Premiership   4 1 -   - 4 4 0 0 100.00% List

ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Warriors 1995   2 1 -   - 4 2 0 0 100.00% List
North Qld 1996   16 - 2 / 8 25.00% - 4 4 12 0 25.00% List
Hunter 1997   13 3 1 / 4 25.00% - 14 5 8 0 38.46% List
St George 1998   4 1 -   - 4 4 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1995-1998   35 5 3 / 12 25.00% 0 26 15 20 0 42.86% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Hunslet 1998   0 - -   - - - List
Wakefield Trinity 1999   26 12 1   - 50 8 18 0 30.77% List
Wakefield Trinity 2000   23 5 -   - 20 7 16 0 30.43% List
Wakefield Trinity 2001   25 4 -   - 16 8 17 0 32.00% List
Leeds 2002   31 7 -   - 28 19 14 0 61.29% List
Leeds 2003   32 12 -   - 48 20 11 3 62.50% List
Leeds 2004   29 12 -   - 52 26 5 1 89.66% List
Leeds 2005   33 12 -   - 48 27 8 0 81.82% List
Leeds 2006   24 8 -   - 32 17 7 0 70.83% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wakefield Trinity 1999-01   74 21 1   - 86 23 51 0 31.08% List
Leeds 2002-06   149 51 -   - 208 105 40 4 70.47% List
Overall1999-2006   223 72 1   0 294 128 91 4 57.40% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Terry Liberopoulos, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World