Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- David John Topliss
- Nickname(s)
- Toppo
- Born
- Thursday, 29th December, 1949
- Died
- Monday, 16th June, 2008 (Aged 58 years and 169 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- European Championship
- 1974/1975
- English Championship
- 1982/1983
- Challenge Cup
- 1981/1982
- Yorkshire Cup
- 1982/1983, 1983/1984, 1984/1985
- Lance Todd Trophy
- 1979
Biography
Wakefield Trinity five-eighth (1968-80) appeared in four Tests for Great Britain but his talents were under-utilised at Penrith in the mid-1970s. At Balmain however, Topliss was one of the star players of the 1977 season. Topliss, who scored a club record-equalling five tries in a match against Newtown that year, produced a one-man demolition act on Manly in the minor preliminary semi-final that year. He later returned to Australia as a member of the 1979 Lions before joining Hull (1980-85) and Oldham (1986-87).
- 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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Tour Matches | Wakefield Trinity | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||||
Challenge Cup | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||||||
English Championship | 1 | 160 | 63 | 89 | 8 | 39.38% | List | |||||||
Premiership Trophy | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||||
Regal Trophy | - | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||||||
Yorkshire Cup | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | |||||||
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English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Wakefield | 1988/89 | 35 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 48.57% | List | |||||||
Wakefield | 1989/90 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 43.75% | List | |||||||
Wakefield | 1990/91 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 45.71% | List | |||||||
Wakefield | 1991/92 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||||||
Wakefield | 1992/93 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 41.18% | List | |||||||
Wakefield | 1993/94 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 28.13% | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Wakefield | 1988-93 | 202 | 87 | 106 | 9 | 43.07% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Match Video
Your Say
27/03/2016
Best fiveight that I have ever seen. Some footballers should find some old footage and see how to get a backline moving properly
18/04/2017
Best attacking footballer I have ever seen
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