Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Noel Harvey Cleal
- Nickname(s)
- Crusher
- Born
- Wednesday, 16th October, 1957
- Current Age
- 66 years and 340 days
- Place Of Birth
- Warialda, New South Wales, 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
- 1986
- Test Series
- Australia vs New Zealand 1985, Australia vs New Zealand 1986
- State of Origin
- 1987, 1985, 1986
- Interstate Series
- 1981
- NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1987
- Preseason Cup
- 1981
- Midweek Cup
- 1983
- Dally M Second Rower Of The Year
- 1984, 1986
Known Family Links
- Son
- Kane Cleal
- Brother
- Les Cleal
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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The Ashes | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Northern Division | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Widnes Vikings | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | - | 11 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Hull FC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 3 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
City vs Country | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 198 | 69 | 11 | - | 272 | 128 | 65 | 5 | 64.65% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 15 | 2 | 3 | - | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | - | 38 | 13 | - | - | 52 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 73.68% | List | ||||
Premiership Trophy | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Yorkshire Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Preseason Cup | 1 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | 1 | 20 | 5 | - | - | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1985-86 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Rest Of The World | 1988 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1985-1986 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Northern Division | 1979 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSW Country Firsts | 1979, 1985-86 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSW Firsts | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSW | 1984-88 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSW City Firsts | 1984, 1988 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSW Country | 1987 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1979-1988 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1980 | 25 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1981 | 18 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | 1982 Winfield Cup | 27 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 62.96% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRFL 1983 Winfield Cup | 24 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1984 Winfield Cup | 23 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1985 Winfield Cup | 20 | 7 | 1 | - | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 21 | 5 | 9 | / | 13 | 69.23% | - | 38 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |
Manly | NSWRL 1987 Winfield Cup | 15 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 86.67% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Manly | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | 1980-82 | 70 | 26 | 1 | - | 80 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 61.43% | List | ||||
Manly | 1983-89 | 128 | 43 | 10 | - | 192 | 85 | 42 | 1 | 66.41% | List | ||||
Overall | 1980-1989 | 198 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 272 | 128 | 65 | 5 | 64.65% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Widnes | 1985/86 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Hull | 1989/90 | 24 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Hull | 1990/91 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Widnes | 1985 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Hull | 1989-90 | 32 | 12 | - | - | 48 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 71.88% | List | ||||
Overall | 1985-1991 | 47 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 70.21% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Newspapers, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
Your Say
22/09/2012
noel had a brilliant career and in my eyes he should have played more tests and origins. He alway went forward and never afraid of any player it was a prilivege watching noel play football
11/08/2015
I worked with Crusher at Hull FC, he was a first class coach with excellent analytic ability. He put together and coached Premiership winning team. Following the Cup win the Club Board sold key players vastly weakening the team. Crusher took the blame for poor decisions by the Club Board that were beyond his control.
An exciting and dangerous runner with the ball as a player, this guy was a huge character in every sense.
21/11/2018
I enjoyed watching the Cleal brothers play.
Big,strong and fast.
Well done fellows.....
Get Manly going again Noel.
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