Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 14th January, 1982
- Current Age
- 42 years and 130 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
- Dally M Rookie Of The Year
- 2001
- Dally M Five-Eighth Of The Year
- 2005
- Peter Frilingos Memorial - Headline Moment of the Year
- 2007
- RLPA Player of the Year
- 2008
- Dally M Captain Of The Year
- 2010
Known Family Links
- Uncle
- George Piggins
Biography
Souths junior was recommended to the Bulldogs by his uncle, Souths president George Piggins, after the exclusion of the Rabbitohs from the 2000 NRL competition. Anasta made his first grade debut that year but was not originally named in the Bulldogs first grade squad for 2001. A series of scintillating displays coming off the interchange bench saw him make the first grade five-eighth position his own in 2001. Anasta formed a great partnership with the experienced Darrell Trindall until a broken thumb and an ankle injury ruled him out of the club’s elimination final against Cronulla. A prodigious talent, the ‘Dally M’ Rookie of the Year represented Australia U’19s before being chosen on the Kangaroo Tour. Anasta made his Test debut from the bench against Papua New Guinea in October. On the shortened Kangaroo Tour he showed his class in three appearances from the interchange bench (in the Second Test, at Huddersfield, he was forced to play winger following the injury to Lote Tuqiri). Despite sporadic appearances for NSW in the ensuing three seasons Anasta was unable to force his way back into the Australian Test team. In 2004 he was a vital part of the Bulldogs’ grand final success but following criticism of his form at five-eighth during the 2005 season, Anasta signed with the Sydney Roosters in 2006 where he again represented NSW.
- 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 % | ||||
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NRL Premiership | 288 | 88 | 122 | 18 | 614 | 147 | 135 | 6 | 51.04% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 13 | 6 | - | 4 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | List | ||||
Test Series | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia PM XIII Annual | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Cup | 7 | 1 | 5 | - | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 2001 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Greece | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 15 | - | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 2001-2013 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW | 2002-03, 2005-08 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
NSW City | 2002-08 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
Overall | 2002-2008 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | |||
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NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2000 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2001 | 24 | 13 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | 1 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 62.50% | List |
Bulldogs | NRL 2002 | 17 | 10 | - | 2 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 88.24% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2003 | 19 | 8 | - | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2004 | 26 | 8 | - | 2 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 76.92% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2005 | 23 | 11 | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | 3 | 49 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 39.13% | List |
Sydney | NRL 2006 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 0 | 31.25% | List | |||
Sydney | NRL 2007 | 19 | 5 | - | 2 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 42.11% | List | |||
Sydney | NRL 2008 | 25 | 11 | 5 | / | 7 | 71.43% | 1 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 56.00% | List |
Sydney | NRL 2009 | 14 | 5 | 6 | / | 6 | 100.00% | 1 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21.43% | List |
Sydney | NRL 2010 | 27 | 9 | 2 | / | 2 | 100.00% | 1 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 62.96% | List |
Sydney | NRL 2011 | 24 | 2 | 41 | / | 54 | 75.93% | 1 | 91 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41.67% | List |
Sydney | NRL 2012 | 22 | 4 | 62 | / | 82 | 75.61% | - | 140 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 31.82% | List |
Wests Tigers | NRL 2013 | 18 | 1 | 4 | / | 5 | 80.00% | - | 12 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List |
Wests Tigers | NRL 2014 | 13 | 1 | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List |
NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canterbury | 2000-05 | 110 | 50 | 2 | / | 3 | 66.67% | 10 | 214 | 71 | 34 | 5 | 64.55% | List |
Sydney | 2006-12 | 147 | 36 | 116 | / | 151 | 76.82% | 6 | 382 | 64 | 82 | 1 | 43.54% | List |
Wests Tigers | 2013-14 | 31 | 2 | 4 | / | 6 | 66.67% | 2 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 38.71% | List |
Overall | 2000-2014 | 288 | 88 | 122 | / | 160 | 76.25% | 18 | 614 | 147 | 135 | 6 | 51.04% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
02/07/2012
Braith should never have been dropped out of origin contentions so early like he was..
08/06/2020
One of the most overated players in history in my opinion a good field goal against the tigers that was about it
12/07/2020
Most overrated player to Ever play the game
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