Ted Goodwin

Lord' Ted Goodwin's Test career may have been short but his club career was long and eventful. He signed with St George in 1972 after representing Country while playing with Dapto. Goodwin made his Test debut as a reserve against NZ that year before touring with the 1973 Kangaroos. Goodwin played on the wing in the First Test against Great Britain and two Tests against France but did not represent Australia again. Wildly unpredictable but extraordinarily gifted, he battled club officialdom throughout his career and unsuccessfully pursued a release from the Dragons to play with P’matta in 1975. Goodwin was in the centres during the St George's 1975 semi-final campaign but a frightful head clash with Easts’ Ian Schubert in the grand final dimmed his magic. Two years later, he scored one of the best tries seen in a grand final when he regathered the ball after a great kick and chase but knocked himself unconscious when he grounded the ball. Goodwin scored all his side's points in the historic 9-all draw against P’matta in that match but backed up the following week to land 6 goals and a field goal in the Dragons' 22-0 win in the grand final replay. The temperamental fullback parted company with the Dragons soon after and following a regretful stay with Newtown, resurrected his reputation as a tough, dynamic forward with the Roy Masters-coached Wests in the early 1980s. Goodwin, who finished his playing career with three premierships as captain-coach of Parkes and Forbes in the Group 11 competition, went on to become a graded referee in Perth.