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Percy Knight

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Percy Montgomery Knight
Born
Wednesday, 29th September, 1954
Died
Sunday, 6th April, 2025 (Aged 70 years and 189 days)

Biography

Talented halfback, originally from Condoblin, joined Balmain (with country team-mate Larry Corowa) after stints with Woden Valley and Queanbeyan Kangaroos in the Group 8 competition. Knight represented NSW Country - and the Monaro team that defeated Great Britain in 1977 – but his Sydney career was plagued by injuries and fitness issues. A tough, clever competitor Knight returned to Canberra to play with the Raiders in the formative years of the club.
- 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 Monaro - 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country Firsts - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - 88 15 -   - 49 27 60 1 30.68% List
Preseason Cup - 10 1 -   - 3 4 6 0 40.00% List
Midweek Cup - 20 3 -   - 9 11 9 0 55.00% List
Overall   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
First Class 121 19 -   - 61 43 77 1 35.54% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Monaro 1972, 1977   6 - -   - - 4 2 0 66.67% List
NSW Country Firsts 1977   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1972-1977   7 0 0   0 - 4 3 0 57.14% List

NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain NSWRFL 1978   6 - -   - - 0 6 0 0.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1979   8 3 -   - 9 4 4 0 50.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1980   19 2 -   - 6 6 13 0 31.58% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1981   18 4 -   - 12 4 14 0 22.22% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1982   13 2 -   - 6 3 9 1 23.08% List
Canberra NSWRFL 1983   17 3 -   - 12 5 12 0 29.41% List
Canberra NSWRL 1984   6 1 -   - 4 4 2 0 66.67% List
Canberra NSWRL 1985   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain 1978-82   64 11 -   - 33 17 46 1 26.56% List
Canberra 1983-85   24 4 -   - 16 10 14 0 41.67% List
Overall1978-1985   88 15 0   0 49 27 60 1 30.68% List

Your Say

  • dragons supporter
    1 Jan 2012 12:22pm

    percy knight the cliffy lyons of the 1970s great with a ball.

  • Anonymous
    24 Jan 2015 10:52pm

    Percy Knight was a legend of the game of rugby league....

  • Zoob
    9 Apr 2017 11:53pm

    Amazingly skilful and enigmatic player. Had that magic to conjure a try from nothing. Like an Ella looked slow but was amazingly fast when it was required a zip and a step and a style that is sadly missed in the defence oriented NRL. Great player and exciting to watch.

  • Anonymous
    24 Oct 2020 9:39pm

    Cousin to Evonne Goolagong Cawley

  • Anonymous
    12 Feb 2022 9:03pm

    As Rex said. A crafty 5/8

  • Mick Wilson.
    7 Apr 2025 8:35pm

    I had the joy of playing a few games with Percy.He made me look like I could play.He inspired confidence and certainly made me a better player.If Percy was out injured,you could feel it throughout the team.Always a good friend to me.Be seeing you Percy.

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