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John Cross

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 15th March, 1972
Current Age
54 years and 13 days

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

Anzac Cup
2003
Challenge Cup AU
1992

Known Family Links

Brother
Michael Cross

Biography

Mobile second row forward, the son of former St George player Greg Cross, captained the Steelers as a 20-year-old to a narrow 11-10 loss to Great Britain in 1992. The Port Kembla product lived up to that early promise when he was named as Steelers’ captain in the absence of Bob Lindner while on Test duty in NZ in 1993. The ensuing seasons regularly saw Cross as one of the club's best players but a planned move to Super League club Penrith in 1997 was blocked because of his ARL loyalty contract. Cross finally joined the Panthers in 1998 and the hard-working back-rower was integral to the club’s success in the early part of the 1999 season and when the club qualified for the semi-finals in 2000. He returned ‘home’ and played his final season with the merged St George I’warra club in 2003.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Tour Matches Illawarra Steelers - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country - 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - 265 53 -   - 212 117 138 10 44.15% List
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Finals - 6 1 -   - 4 1 5 0 16.67% List
Anzac Cup 1 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Challenge Cup AU 1 12 4 -   - 16 9 3 0 75.00% List
Overall   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
First Class 269 53 -   - 212 119 146 10 44.24% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Firsts 1992-93   2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
NSW Country 1995   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1992-1995   3 0 0   0 - 1 2 0 33.33% List

NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Illawarra NSWRL 1991   8 2 -   - 8 4 4 0 50.00% List
Illawarra NSWRL 1992   25 9 -   - 36 14 10 1 56.00% List
Illawarra NSWRL 1993   21 4 -   - 16 11 10 0 52.38% List
Illawarra NSWRL 1994   21 8 -   - 32 11 8 2 52.38% List
Illawarra ARL 1995   22 4 -   - 16 10 11 1 45.45% List
Illawarra ARL 1996   21 2 -   - 8 7 14 0 33.33% List
Illawarra ARL 1997   19 3 -   - 12 8 8 3 42.11% List
Penrith Super League 1997   0 - -   - - - List
Penrith NRL 1998   18 7 -   - 28 7 9 2 38.89% List
Penrith NRL 1999   24 3 -   - 12 11 12 1 45.83% List
Penrith NRL 2000   26 5 -   - 20 14 12 0 53.85% List
Penrith NRL 2001   26 3 -   - 12 7 19 0 26.92% List
Penrith NRL 2002   15 1 -   - 4 5 10 0 33.33% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2003   19 2 -   - 8 8 11 0 42.11% List

NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Illawarra 1991-97   137 32 -   - 128 65 65 7 47.45% List
Penrith 1998-02   109 19 -   - 76 44 62 3 40.37% List
St Geo Illa 2003   19 2 -   - 8 8 11 0 42.11% List
Overall1991-2003   265 53 0   0 212 117 138 10 44.15% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    09/11/2011

    he was a machine... and probably still is!

  • Anonymous
    19/04/2012

    he definatley still is

  • Wayne Harvey Royal Marine
    31/10/2015

    John is my hero they say never meet your heros but i did and it was better than i could have imagined

  • Anonymous
    25/08/2021

    Should have been picked for the blues. But never got a chance

  • Tony Sz
    09/09/2025

    Loved to watch he play at Penrith. Should be proud of what he did it that era.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Tim Costello, Steven Russo

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Big League, Official NRL Website