Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Neville Chapman Hornery
- Nickname(s)
- The Hornet
- Born
- Monday, 3rd May, 1948
- Died
- Tuesday, 15th May, 2018 (Aged 70 years and 12 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Preseason Cup
- 1970
Known Family Links
- Uncle
- Allan Hornery
Playing 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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| Tour Matches | Sydney Colts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 49 | 6 | - | 6 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 53.06% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 65 | 7 | - | 6 | 27 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 56.92% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Colts | 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1970-1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1968 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1969 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1970 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1971 | 13 | 2 | - | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1972 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1968-69 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | 1970-72 | 45 | 6 | - | 6 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1968-1972 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 53.06% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio, Tony McCarron, Tim Costello

Your Say
14 Oct 2019 6:06pm
Second rower partner to Ron Costello at Canterbury. Costello was an Australia representative but Hornery often seemed to have a bigger impact on games. Very tough and skillful. Loved to watch him play. Unfortunately he was televised punching in a scrum at West and the silly incident probably detracted from his reputation.
4 Jul 2022 7:43am
It was channel 9's fault. The guy doing the replays kept going forward/backward - making the punching look far worse than it actually was. Ron Casey loved it!
15 Jul 2022 8:44pm
Neville was a true general , intelligent , last man standing, gutsy
, and he was fearless. He could inspire fellow teammates , a true Leader . I recall a Home match at Kougari when Wynnum manly played against competition leaders Western Suburbs . Most expected a blowout score - yeah the Seagulls were at the bottom of the ladder . However as a School boy i witnessed an unforgetable match - if i recall corectly 36 to 10 . Neville was to me a magician. I Will never forget him …..!!!!!!…..
26 Jan 2023 6:28pm
I met him through my stepmom that was her father he was only give me his western suburbs jersey
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