Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 30th May, 1971
- Current Age
- 54 years and 305 days
- Place Of Birth
- Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Man Of Steel Award
- 1999
Biography
Former Charleville centre/five-eighth, ‘Clubman of the Year’ in his debut year with the G’Coast Seagulls, was selected as a reserve back in Queensland's second State of Origin match in 1994. Vowles signed with the Nth Queensland North Queensland in 1995 but had the misfortune to be sent off in the club's first premiership match, the 32-16 loss to Canterbury. Vowles captained the North Queensland in 1996 but later shifted to England to play with Castleford (1997-01) as well as representing Scotland in the 2000 World Cup. Vowles moved to Leeds in 2002 but switched to Wakefield Trinity mid-season to take on a player-coach role. He remained with Wakefield until the final three matches of the 2003 season, when he was released by the club, and he returned to Castleford.
- 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) | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Gold Coast Chargers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| State of Origin | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) | - | 79 | 11 | 12 | - | 68 | 12 | 66 | 1 | 15.19% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Premiership Trophy | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Super League | - | 170 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 153 | 74 | 87 | 9 | 43.53% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| Super League Finals | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 170 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 153 | 74 | 87 | 9 | 43.53% | List | ||||
| UK Second Division | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 275 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 241 | 99 | 169 | 10 | 36.00% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Scotland | 2000-01 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Scotland | 2000 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| QLD | 1994 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Gold Coast | NSWRL 1993 | 21 | 5 | 4 | / | 9 | 44.44% | - | 28 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4.76% | List | |
| Gold Coast | NSWRL 1994 | 17 | 1 | 3 | / | 8 | 37.50% | - | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17.65% | List | |
| North Qld | ARL 1995 | 20 | 3 | 2 | / | 9 | 22.22% | - | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10.00% | List | |
| North Qld | ARL 1996 | 21 | 2 | 3 | / | 3 | 100.00% | - | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Gold Coast | 1993-94 | 38 | 6 | 7 | / | 17 | 41.18% | - | 38 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 10.53% | List | |
| North Qld | 1995-96 | 41 | 5 | 5 | / | 12 | 41.67% | - | 30 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 19.51% | List | |
| Overall | 1993-1996 | 79 | 11 | 12 | / | 29 | 41.38% | 0 | 68 | 12 | 66 | 1 | 15.19% | List | |
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Castleford | 1997 | 26 | 8 | 1 | - | 34 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 34.62% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1998 | 26 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1999 | 32 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 81.25% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 2000 | 31 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 61.29% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 2001 | 23 | 4 | - | 1 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 47.83% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 2002 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 2002 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 2003 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 22.73% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 2003 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 2005 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Castleford | 1997-01, 2003, 2005 | 144 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 71 | 66 | 7 | 49.31% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 2002 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Wakefield Trinity | 2002-03 | 29 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 17.24% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1997-2005 | 193 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 169 | 88 | 96 | 9 | 45.60% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Terry Liberopoulos, Wests Archives, Max Turner, Bill Bates, Tony McCarron
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Big League, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World
Your Say
13 Jan 2012 9:16pm
Shame this guy didn't play more footy in Australia. He carved a name for himself in England. A legend never the less
14 Jan 2012 12:53am
Legend in Cas...
15 May 2012 9:35pm
Great bloke and a great player from western Queensland lots of people talked about playing NRL but you did it
Proud to of play in the same team as you
Troy Williams
17 Nov 2022 11:47pm
Fantastic player
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