Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Leo Neville Nosworthy
- Born
- Sunday, 25th September, 1927
- Died
- Wednesday, 14th April, 2021 (Aged 93 years and 201 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Balmain winger had a long and successful career in the country before coaching the Tigers to its last first grade premiership title. Nosworthy, who twice represented Western Division against France (1951 & 1955), coached Narromine in 1951 before returning to Balmain. The club's 'Player of the Year' in 1952 he left Sydney in 1953 and spent the next decade as a player coach in Narromine and Dubbo. Nosworthy returned to Balmain as Third Grade coach in 1963 (where he played several matches) and spent five years as a lower grade coach culminating in a reserve grade premiership in 1967. He stood down as coach in 1968 before taking over the first grade reins from Keith Barnes in 1969. Critics felt that the club would battle for success that year but Nosworthy was able to fashion a talented side that had immense faith in their own ability. It is now a part of rugby league folklore that Nosworthy's team knocked over a star-studded Souths side in the grand final, 11-2. He coached the club until 1973, weathering the disappointing letdown the club suffered in the years after its grand final success before retiring.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching 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 | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 113 | 55 | 56 | 2 | 48.67% | List | |||||||
NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||||||
Preseason Cup | - | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | |||||||
Endeavour Cup | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1969 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 76.00% | List | |||||||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1970 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.55% | List | |||||||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1971 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||||||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1972 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 27.27% | List | |||||||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1973 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 31.82% | List | |||||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Balmain | 1969-73 | 113 | 55 | 56 | 2 | 48.67% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
01/01/2018
brilliant leader of team and great reader of game. excellent player
03/06/2021
Leo coached Dubbo Macquarie and at that time were the best country league team I have ever seen.
The illegal punters on the side line would give the opposition team from fifty to sixty points start .
At that time Forbes were the second best team in group eleven. On a dry day they would get forty five points start. On a wet or muddy day only twenty five points. Macquarie often won by seventy to eighty points.
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