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
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 | 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 | ||||
| Overall | 1992-1995 | 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 | ||||
| Overall | 1991-2003 | 265 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 117 | 138 | 10 | 44.15% | List | ||||
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

Your Say
09/11/2011
he was a machine... and probably still is!
19/04/2012
he definatley still is
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
25/08/2021
Should have been picked for the blues. But never got a chance
09/09/2025
Loved to watch he play at Penrith. Should be proud of what he did it that era.
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