Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 5th December, 1956
- Current Age
- 69 years and 117 days
- Place Of Birth
- Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1982
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Australia 1980, Australia vs France 1981, Australia vs New Zealand 1982, France vs Australia 1982/83, New Zealand vs Australia 1983
- Interstate Series
- 1980, 1981
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1980
- Dally M Fullback Of The Year
- 1981, 1982
- Rothmans Medal
- 1982
Known Family Links
- Uncle
- Harold Brentnall
Biography
Wagga (Turvey Park) fullback played for Country in 1975-76 before signing with the Bulldogs. With a grounding in Australian Rules, Brentnall possessed a massive kick in general play but his early Sydney career was punctuated by injury. It took several seasons for him to produce his best with the 1980 season proving the turning point in his career. A strong player, safe under pressure and with a good turn of pace in attack, Brentnall broke into Test football that year with two Test appearances against NZ and capped a memorable season with the Bulldogs’ grand final win over Easts. It was Brentnall's towering punt that resulted in Steve Gearin's fabulous try in that match. While C’bury faltered in the early 1980s, Brentnall won the Rothmans Medal in 1982 before touring with the Kangaroos. After an injury-plagued year in 1983, he retired from football at age 26, taking up the position of RL development officer in the Riverina area. In 1998, Brentnall joined former team-mate Chris Anderson as assistant coach of the Melbourne Storm.
- 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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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 23 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 91.30% | List | |||
| Test Series | 6 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| State of Origin | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 108 | 27 | - | 2 | 86 | 59 | 45 | 4 | 54.63% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 163 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 156 | 125 | 64 | 5 | 76.69% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1980-83 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1975-76, 1983 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Riverina | 1976 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW | 1980, 1982-83 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1980-81 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1980-82 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1975-1983 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1977 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1978 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1979 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 59.09% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1980 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1981 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1982 | 24 | 13 | - | 1 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1983 | 12 | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1977-83 | 108 | 27 | - | 2 | 86 | 59 | 45 | 4 | 54.63% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Your Say
7 Jan 2010 7:37pm
In an illustrious career which first came to prominence after playing in Country Firsts surprise 19-9 win over City Firsts in 1975. Brentnall was Canterbury's first ever Rothmans Medal winner in 1982. He also scored the first ever try in State of Origin match in 1980. Brentnall is also the only player to get a 10 in a losing side in Rugby League Week, which he got during Canterbury's 25-20 loss to Manly at Brookvale Oval in 1982. He also is still the only Canterbury player to ever get a 10 in Rugby League Week as well.
19 Mar 2024 6:30pm
I Wayne Johnstone a former Wagga boy believe that Greg Brentnall is I believe the only football player who has represented his state in rugby league and Aussie rules . I also knew as a lad in Wagga in the 1950’s that Turvey park only had an Aussie rules side in the south west league.Back in those days in Wagga if you did not play any sport no one wanted to know you.Also I was coached in tennis by the same man who coached Tony Roach Bill Williams.One of the greatest highlights of my life was meeting Ken Rosewall,Jack Kramer and Frank Sedgman at the Wagga lawn Tennis club while me and my three mates were puting up the net on the lawn courts.Back then jack Kramer and his team of players were putting exhibition matches around Australia and promoting the professional game as we now have today.I have so many stories of my life in the Riverina.I will never forget the most brutal Rugby League matches I have seen at the Wagga cricket Ground Geg Hawick was captain of the wagga kangaroos,Brian Hambley was the wagga magpies captain the magpies were getting thrashed that’s when Brian Hambly charged through the kangaroos ranks broke collarbones and knocked out other players the ref sent him from the field.I have so many stories about the Riverina the breeding ground for sports men and women.
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