Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Gibson Sinclair
- Born
- Saturday, 11th July, 1936
- Died
- Monday, 21st August, 2006 (Aged 70 years and 41 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1961
Biography
Balmain forward moved to Manly in 1961 and after representing NSW in two matches that year, was selected for Australia on the tour of NZ. Sinclair played in one Test match at lock, the 12-10 First Test win in Auckland, and in five other matches on tour (scoring 3 tries). He and later joined Second Division side Penrith, playing just one match after the club's promotion into the NSWRL in 1967.
- 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) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 97 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 45 | 51 | 1 | 46.39% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 118 | 24 | - | - | 72 | 59 | 61 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1958, 1961 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1961 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Division | 1965 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1958-1965 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1957 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1958 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1959 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1960 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1961 | 11 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1962 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1964 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1957-60 | 47 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 46.81% | List | ||||
| Manly | 1961-64 | 50 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 46.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1957-1964 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 45 | 51 | 1 | 46.39% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
1 Mar 2015 10:11pm
He was an absolute champion. A beautiful soul.
23 Dec 2017 7:51pm
An absolute legend. Best lock forward in his day.
5 Sep 2019 9:04pm
Terrific lock.Would have played a lot more internationals if it was not for the fact that John Raper was playing at the same time.
11 Mar 2020 3:21pm
Best Balmain player to live what a Legend
28 Jun 2024 10:27am
Good footballer. Great friend. Better man
15 Mar 2026 1:46am
Best exponent of the low tackle. Always around the ankles, never missed. Launched himself along the deck. His defence was as good as Gasnier’s attack.
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