Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 20th September, 1963
- Current Age
- 62 years and 194 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1985
- NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1982, 1983, 1986
- Midweek Cup
- 1986
Biography
Solid, no-nonsense prop came up through the P’matta juniors to take his place in the club's premiership-winning team in 1983. Mares, who was only 19-years-old at the time, was in the Bob O'Reilly mould - a deft ball-player and a determined runner but similarly, injury-plagued. After spending six months playing in France during the 1982-83 off-season, he looked set for a great career but a knee injury in 1987 ruled him out for 12 months. After Mares recovered, he left the club to play with Easts (much to the disgust of P’matta coach John Monie) but a recurrence of the injury ended Mares' career in 1989.
- 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 - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 79 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 53 | 26 | 0 | 67.09% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 89 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 63 | 34 | 0 | 70.79% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1984-85 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1985 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1984-1985 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1982 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1983 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1984 | 28 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 9 | 0 | 67.86% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1985 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1986 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.62% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1987 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1989 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | 1982-87 | 73 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 50 | 23 | 0 | 68.49% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1989 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1982-1989 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 26 | 0 | 67.09% | List | ||||
Contributions:
AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Max Turner
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
11 Mar 2010 9:56am
Paul Mares was probably the most talented forward ever to play for Parramatta, who didn't realise his huge potential. As a fan it remains one of the great disappointments of my life that he wasn't able (through injury) to consistently rep at the highest level - he would have made an explosive Origin player!
9 Sep 2019 9:27pm
A genuine nice young man I met in early ‘85 off season while he was on holiday south of Nowra.
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