Tony Melrose

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 7th September, 1959
Current Age
64 years and 226 days

Biography

Former Australian Schoolboy RU captain toured England in 1977-78 with the Ella brothers, Michael O'Connor and Wally Lewis. After a meteoric 6 Test career and a premiership with P’matta RU club, the 20 year-old five-eighth changed codes to play for the Eels in 1980. Although he did not reach a similar level in rugby league, he was to a have a long and eventful career with four premiership clubs. Melrose proved a match-winner playing five-eighth, centre and occasionally fullback. He kicked the field goal that resulted in the draw against Manly in the last match at C’land Oval in 1981 but left the club after a falling out with coach Jack Gibson. At Souths in 1982, he was selected in one State of Origin match and seemed to on the verge of further rep honours but continually had to re-establish himself with a new club. Stints with Manly and Easts followed before he retired. In 1992 - more than a decade after he quit the amateur code - he won a court case to resume his rugby union career with Gordon.
- 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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Competitions
Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 183 32 298   30 742 85 91 7 46.45% List
NRL Finals 5 1 3   1 11 2 3 0 40.00% List
State of Origin 1 - 2   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 7 6 30   - 81 4 3 0 57.14% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1982 1 - 2   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta NSWRFL 1980 10 2 10   1 27 5 5 0 50.00% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1981 10 2 8   3 25 6 3 1 60.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1982 26 8 79   4 186 14 11 1 53.85% List
Souths NSWRFL 1983 24 2 69   8 154 11 12 1 45.83% List
Manly NSWRL 1984 15 4 19   1 55 9 6 0 60.00% List
Manly NSWRL 1985 24 3 42   - 96 12 11 1 50.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1986 22 3 47 / 68 69.12% 2 108 9 13 0 40.91% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1987 23 3 24 / 37 64.86% 5 65 12 10 1 52.17% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1988 14 1 -   2 6 2 10 2 14.29% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1989 15 4 -   4 20 5 10 0 33.33% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta 1980-81 20 4 18   4 52 11 8 1 55.00% List
Souths 1982-83 50 10 148   12 340 25 23 2 50.00% List
Manly 1984-85 39 7 61   1 151 21 17 1 53.85% List
Eastern Suburbs 1986-89 74 11 71 / 105 67.62% 13 199 28 43 3 37.84% List
Overall1980-1989 183 32 298   30 742 85 91 7 46.45% List

Your Say

  • Polysci
    14/05/2012

    Was being groomed to be a future Wallaby captain when he 'defected' to League at age 20.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Steven Russo, Michael Borg, Max Turner

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89