Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 27th February, 1956
- Died
- Monday, 1st August, 2005 (Aged 49 years and 155 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1980
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1977, 1979
- Charity Shield - AUS
- 1985
Biography
Veteran forward played in 230 grade games for St George, winning premierships in all three grades (1974, 1976 & 1977). Stone was graded as a 17-year-old lock in 1974 and made his first grade debut the following year. Not spared the humiliating 38-0 defeat by Easts in the 1975 grand final, he later won a premiership in reserve grade in 1976 and was an important part of 'Bath's Babes' who won the title in 1977. A fierce competitor, Stone romped away to score the first try in the replay against P’matta and was part of a pack that punished their opponents with unchecked aggression. Stone later moved to prop and was a replacement forward in the inaugural State of Origin match in 1980. Stone’s career fluctuated between the grades in the mid-1980s and he took on a captain-coach position with Picton. Stone returned to the St George club in an administrative role before losing a courageous battle with cancer in 2005.
- 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 - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Origin | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 170 | 26 | - | - | 81 | 103 | 62 | 5 | 60.59% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 23 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 56.52% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 208 | 34 | - | - | 105 | 131 | 85 | 7 | 62.98% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1977 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1977-1980 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1975 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1976 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1977 | 26 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1978 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1979 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 93.33% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1980 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1981 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1982 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 42.11% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1983 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1984 | 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1985 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1975-85 | 170 | 26 | - | - | 81 | 103 | 62 | 5 | 60.59% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Tony McCarron, Max Turner
Sources:
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Your Say
4 Jul 2012 8:40pm
Awesome man who will always be remembered as one of dragons great players. A man who gave everything to the red and whites and he was a great bloke. Never to be forgotten!!
27 Feb 2014 5:12pm
A VERY CLOSE MATE AND LOYAL FRIEND SO SAD HE IS NOT AROUND TODAY, THE WORLD IS A POORER PLACE IN HIS ABSENCE
16 Jan 2018 8:28pm
Stoney was always one of my favourite Dragons players as he had lots of aggression in defence but a good turn of speed when he was through a gap. Loved his partnership with John Jansen in the second row. Very loyal to the great Dragons and never looked like defecting unlike others.
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