Referee Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 27th January, 1970
- Current Age
- 54 years and 88 days
- Place Of Birth
- Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
- Clive Churchill Medal
- 1989, 1991
- Dally M Lock Of The Year
- 1989, 1990
- Dally M Representative Player Of The Year
- 1992
- Harry Sunderland Medal
- 1992
- National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
- 2008
- NSWRL Hall Of Fame
- 2017
Biography
Canberra junior (Belconnen) toured Great Britain with the unbeaten Australian Schoolboys in 1986 before becoming the Raiders' first homegrown international player. Clyde impressed in his first grade debut in 1988 as a brilliant defender with a non-stop work rate in attack. His breakthrough season was in 1989; making his State of Origin debut, touring NZ with the Australian side (with a ‘man of the match’ performance in the Third Test) and winning the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player in the 1989 grand final. Tragically, a knee injury denied him a place in the 1990 grand final team that defeated Penrith and ultimately, with the Kangaroo Tour. He returned to the national side for the Test series against NZ in 1991 and his efforts in the losing team against Penrith in the grand final earned him his second Clive Churchill Medal award. Clyde was Australian vice-captain on the end of season tour of Papua New Guinea, and was named ‘man of the series’ in the two Tests. Following Australia's Ashes win over Great Britain in 1992, in which he was awarded the Harry Sunderland Medal as Player of the Series, he suffered a shoulder injury in the World Cup Final which led him to miss the early part of the 1993 season. After playing in the 1993 Trans Tasman series, Clyde set his sights on making his first Kangaroo tour the following year. His absence from the Australian Test team that thrashed France at P’matta Stadium (again, because of injury) was only a momentary setback. Following Canberra's great grand final win over Canterbury, he played in all four Tests on the 1994 Kangaroo Tour. Incredibly, it was to be his final appearance for the national team, except for two Super League Tests in 1997. Clyde became the focal point of the Super League war when, in the face of a huge offer from Easts, he became one of News Ltd's first signings. It was then ironic then that after overcoming injuries to play a full 1998 season, he was let go by the Raiders because of salary cap restrictions to join team-mate Ricky Stuart at Canterbury. Clyde was in good form in the early part of the 1999 season and was chosen in the NSW team for the first time in five years. In a highly publicised incident, Clyde and Blues’ team-mate Robbie Kearns were thrown from horses and injured during a ‘team bonding’ session. Clyde missed the series and did not play in another rep match. The following year, he left Australia to join former Raiders’ team-mates Brett Mullins and Dean Lance (coach) at Leeds. A recurring injury to his achilles tendon saw him released by the club after just one season - a sad end to a career that had reaped so many early rewards. Returning to Australia, Clyde was caught in a dispute between Canberra and the ACT Brumbies for his services before taking on a position as Bulldogs’ Jersey Flegg coach. Clyde was later named Bulldogs football manager.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Referee Career Statistics
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Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Terry Liberopoulos, Bill Bates, Max Turner, Steven Russo
Sources:
ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, Official NRL Website, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World
Your Say
29/03/2011
Oh my.....Brad is such fantastic eye candy!
22/09/2012
Clyde was such a great player in the mould of Wayne Pearce. Injuries are the only thing that has stopped him from being an immortal!
28/01/2014
Best player in the world in his play, forget Hanley, Lindner, etc etc. From 1990 till 98 he was the Worlds Best Lock Forward - PERIOD!!!
14/03/2015
The greatest lock ever to play league.
17/06/2015
a great player for Raiders and Blues
18/02/2017
The workhorse , more heart than phar lap
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