Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- Tuesday, 18th April, 2000
- Place Of Birth
- Rhodesia, South Africa
Biography
South African-born RU player spent five seasons with Wigan (scoring over 1500pts in 161 games and winning the 1959 Challenge Cup) when Norths took the unprecedented step of relocating his entire family to Australia in 1963. Cool under pressure and a good defensive fullback, Griffiths was a thorough professional in his four seasons as captain-coach and a prolific point-scorer to boot. He played for Sth Africa in the Test series against Australia in 1963 and captained Other Nationalities v. NSW Colts in 1964. Griffiths was the season's leading point-scorer in three consecutive years - 1963 (136pts), 1964 (154pts) and 1965 (177pts) - the last haul setting a new club record. Under his leadership Norths made the preliminary final in 1965 (beaten by Souths) but Griffiths left the club in 1967 to captain-coach Griffith (what else?) in the Wagga competition. In 1970, Griffith won the Group 20 competition under his guidance before he moved on to Nowra. Griffiths passed away in Perth in 2000, aged 65.
- 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 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Wigan Warriors | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Africa | - | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 67 | 8 | 283 | - | 590 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 53.73% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 13 | 1 | 45 | - | 93 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 87 | 11 | 353 | 1 | 741 | 45 | 41 | 5 | 51.72% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Africa | 1963 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Rest Of The World | 1961 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1963 | 16 | 2 | 65 | - | 136 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1964 | 17 | 2 | 77 | - | 160 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 64.71% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1965 | 19 | 1 | 89 | - | 181 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 57.89% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1966 | 15 | 3 | 52 | - | 113 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1963-66 | 67 | 8 | 283 | - | 590 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 53.73% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Michael Borg
Your Say
25/09/2024
I was lucky to watch a great full back and tremendous goalkicker play for Wigan when I was in my teenage years Fred or [Punchy] Grifiths was one of the best I've ever seen to play for Wigan
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