Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 11th September, 1951
- Current Age
- 74 years and 200 days
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Barry Cox
Biography
Hooker/prop forward played in St George's reserve grade grand final loss in 1971 before replacing Grahame Bowen in the first grade decider against Souths. Cox, who was also a non-playing reserve in the club's grand final loss to Easts in 1975, later played for Waratah-Mayfield in the Newcastle competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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 | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | - | 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) | - | 66 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 38 | 27 | 1 | 57.58% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 85 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 54 | 37 | 1 | 63.53% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1978 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1971 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1972 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1973 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1974 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1975 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1976 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1971-76 | 66 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 38 | 27 | 1 | 57.58% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
22/06/2016
allways enjoyed watching russell play. considering he was not big for a front rower he gave it all he had and was all heart.
14/03/2020
Brother of Barry Cox who played for Newtown.
09/08/2020
not the biggest prop in the comp but held his own and was always giving his best.
11/08/2020
he could have played for australia but size was against him so said an abc commentator broadcasting a game that russell was playing in back in his day.
22/09/2021
I only recall Russell Cox playing for the Dragons in the second row or lock. I believe he would have been too light for front row. Am I wrong?
04/02/2024
russell played prop in the 1971 grand final against souths and was opposed to john sattler,his debut in first grade ,just turned 20 and weighed 70 kilos. he went to play quite a few games as prop there after in first grade for st george.
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