Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Fonda Metassa
- Nickname(s)
- The Golden Greek
- Born
- Saturday, 19th March, 1938
- Died
- Saturday, 26th May, 2018 (Aged 80 years and 68 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Bulimba Cup
- 1963
Playing Career Statistics
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| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 13 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 15 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 26.67% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1963, 1965-66 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1966 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1963-1966 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1960 | 11 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.27% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1961 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1960-61 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner
Your Say
29/10/2024
Mr.Metassa took me for morning tea at Alderley when he worked at Windsor car sales.He was a very pleasant and courteous man and a real gentleman God rest his soul
29/10/2024
Mr.Metassa took me for morning tea at Alderley when he worked at Windsor car sales.He was a very pleasant and courteous man and a real gentleman God rest his soul
23/06/2025
I saw him play once for norths at lang park ,sitting on thd grass steps . Amazing memories ..!!
18/11/2025
Fonda was the greatest player for taking intercepts. He had uncanny anticipation and was fearless in going for an intercept.
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