Lance Thompson

Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born: Thursday, 16th February, 1978
Died: Thursday, 23rd August, 2018 (Aged 40 years and 188 days)
Place Of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Honours & Awards

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

City vs Country: 2003, 2007
Anzac Cup: 2003, 2005

Biography

By the age of 22 this hard-working back-rower had played in 100 first grade games for the Dragons. After coming off the interchange bench in the club’s 1996 grand final loss to Manly Thompson played in the second row in the merged St George Illawarra’s 20-18 loss to Melbourne in the 1999 grand final. The red-haired forward was ruled out of the 2000 season after damaging knee ligaments but returned in 2001 to assume the club captaincy. Thompson struggled with injuries again in 2002-03 and relinquishing the captaincy to Trent Barrett before recapturing his best form in 2004. A contractual dispute with St George officials saw Thompson join neighbours Cronulla and he was one of the club’s best players in the troubled 2006 season.

- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - Australia		Comp Wins	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
City vs Country		2	5	-	-				-	-	2	3	0	40.00%	List
Club Career - Australia		Comp Wins	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
ARL/NRL Premiership		-	240	29	18				-	152	126	106	8	52.50%	List
ARL/NRL Finals		-	15	2	-				-	8	8	7	0	53.33%	List
Anzac Cup		2	3	-	-				-	-	2	1	0	66.67%	List
Overall			App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
First Class			245	29	18				-	152	136	116	8	55.51%	List
Australia - By Team
Team	Years		App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW City	2001, 2003-04, 2006-07		5	-	-				-	-	2	3	0	40.00%	List
ARL/NRL Premiership - By Year
Team	Season		App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
St George	ARL 1995		4	-	1	/	2	50.00%	-	2	4	0	0	100.00%	List
St George	ARL 1996		25	1	8	/	12	66.67%	-	20	15	8	2	60.00%	List
St George	ARL 1997		19	1	0	/	1	0.00%	-	4	8	10	1	42.11%	List
St George	NRL 1998		22	2	-				-	8	11	10	1	50.00%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 1999		23	2	-				-	8	15	8	0	65.22%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 2000		11	-	8	/	10	80.00%	-	16	6	5	0	54.55%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 2001		22	2	-				-	8	10	10	2	45.45%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 2002		17	3	-				-	12	8	7	2	47.06%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 2003		17	3	-				-	12	7	10	0	41.18%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 2004		16	3	-				-	12	10	6	0	62.50%	List
St Geo Illa	NRL 2005		26	7	-				-	28	17	9	0	65.38%	List
Cronulla	NRL 2006		22	4	1	/	1	100.00%	-	18	8	14	0	36.36%	List
Cronulla	NRL 2007		14	-	-				-	-	6	8	0	42.86%	List
Cronulla	NRL 2008		2	1	-				-	4	1	1	0	50.00%	List
ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team
Team	Years		App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
St George	1995-98		70	4	9	/	15	60.00%	-	34	38	28	4	54.29%	List
St Geo Illa	1999-05		132	20	8	/	10	80.00%	-	96	73	55	4	55.30%	List
Cronulla	2006-08		38	5	1	/	1	100.00%	-	22	15	23	0	39.47%	List
Overall	1995-2008		240	29	18	/	26	69.23%	0	152	126	106	8	52.50%	List

Your Say

Anonymous
26 Apr 2012 7:34pm

A True gentleman of the game.. Played hard and well respected by all
Anonymous
25 Aug 2018 1:31pm

Was a genuine kind and generous person. Sadly missed.
Anonymous
13 Sep 2024 5:36am

Took a pay cut for the club... spent many of his own hours and salary promoting the club (well beyond player commitments)... not just a great player, but a true gentleman in every way. RIP Lance

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

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