Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Choppy
- Born
- Thursday, 5th February, 1959
- Current Age
- 65 years and 227 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.
- World Cup
- 1985/1988
- The Ashes
- 1984
- Test Series
- Australia vs New Zealand 1985
- State of Origin
- 1983, 1984, 1980, 1981
- NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1987
- Midweek Cup
- 1982, 1983
Biography
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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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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World Cup | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 4 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
Interstate Series | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 166 | 43 | - | - | 170 | 79 | 82 | 5 | 47.59% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
English Championship | - | 16 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 31.25% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Yorkshire Cup | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | 2 | 20 | 9 | - | - | 35 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1985 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1985 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1985 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Brisbane Firsts | 1979-81 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
QLD Firsts | 1979-81 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
QLD | 1980-81, 1983-86 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
NSW City Seconds | 1983 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSW City Firsts | 1984 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1979-1986 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Manly | 1982 Winfield Cup | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRFL 1983 Winfield Cup | 26 | 12 | - | - | 48 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 80.77% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1984 Winfield Cup | 18 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1985 Winfield Cup | 14 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 21 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 61.90% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1987 Winfield Cup | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 70.00% | List | ||||
Gold Coast | NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup | 18 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 22.22% | List | ||||
Gold Coast | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 19 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 13 | 1 | 26.32% | List | ||||
Gold Coast | NSWRL 1990 Winfield Cup | 13 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | ||||
Gold Coast | NSWRL 1991 Winfield Cup | 17 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 1 | 5.88% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Manly | 1982-87 | 99 | 39 | - | - | 154 | 66 | 31 | 2 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Gold Coast | 1988-91 | 67 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 13 | 51 | 3 | 19.40% | List | ||||
Overall | 1982-1991 | 166 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 79 | 82 | 5 | 47.59% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Hull KR | 1988/89 | 24 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 41.67% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Hull KR | 1988 | 24 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 41.67% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Steven Russo, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
Your Say
07/08/2018
Rampaging centre. Choppy was one of the hardest blokes to tackle in the 80s.
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