Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Glenn Patrick Lazarus
- Nickname(s)
- The Brick With Eyes
- Born
- Saturday, 11th December, 1965
- Current Age
- 58 years and 178 days
- Place Of Birth
- Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
- Nephew
- Blake Lazarus
Biography
After playing an integral part in Canberra's grand final wins in 1989-90 solid prop Glenn Lazarus became the first player in the history of the game to win premierships with three separate clubs. The Queanbeyan junior made his first grade debut in 1987 and gained selection in the President's XIII side that defeated Great Britain the following year. Lazarus played for NSW in 1989 and made his Test debut as a reserve forward in the Test against NZ in 1990. Selected to tour with the Kangaroos he took over from Martin Bella in the Australian engine room after the First Test loss at Wembley and played in all four remaining Tests on tour. A sternum injury saw him miss the series against NZ in 1991, although he did tour Papua New Guinea at the end of the year and appeared in two Tests. Canberra's salary cap problems saw Lazarus link with Brisbane following the Raiders' 19-12 loss to Penrith in the grand final but his career as the code's premier forward continued into over-drive. In 1992 he was a member of NSW's victorious State of Origin team and played in the Broncos' grand final win over St George, Australia’s World Cup final win and Brisbane’s World Club Championship success. Lazarus made it five grand final appearances in a row in 1993 but after an injury-interrupted 1994 season he was dropped from the Broncos' run-on squad on the eve of the semi-finals. His reputation as a big-match player ensured a place on his second Kangaroo tour and after being over-looked for First Test duty following a groin strain, fought his way back into Australia's Test team for the final three Tests of the tour. The 1995 season found Lazarus in peak fitness and form but he did not represent because of his Super League allegiance. In 1997 he represented NSW in the Tri-Series competition and Australia in the ANZac Test but missed the latter part of the season (and Brisbane’s Telstra Cup win) because of injury. Lazarus was coveted as one of the Melbourne Storm’s most important signings for their debut year and his big-match experience came to the fore during the club’s run to the preliminary final. Lazarus maintained his standing as the best prop-forward in the world when he was selected for Australia in back-to-back ANZac Tests in 1998-99 but was dropped from NSW’s State of Origin team after the first match loss in 1999. In May 1999 he announced that it would be his last seasons as a player and he left the game in the best possible style – captaining Melbourne to its maiden grand final success. Returning to Canberra Lazarus was appointed lower grade coach of the club in 2001 but was released from his contract after making less than complimentary remarks about in-coming first grade coach Matthew Elliot to the media. He later joined FoxSports as a commentator before returning to Brisbane as part of the Broncos’ coaching staff.
- 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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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | 254 | 21 | 1 | - | 86 | 179 | 71 | 4 | 70.47% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Finals | 28 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australian Presidents XIII | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
City vs Country | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 19 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 82.35% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 39 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 94.87% | List | |||
The Ashes | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Test Series | 11 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 72.73% | List | ||||
World Cup | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Tests | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1990-94, 1998-99 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 81.82% | List | |||
Australia (SL) | 1997 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1990-1999 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 82.61% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1990-92 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Aus Presidents XIII | 1988 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1989-94, 1996, 1998-99 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | |||
NSW City | 1989-90 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Country | 1991-94, 1996 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NSW (SL) | 1997 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1988-1999 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canberra | NSWRL 1987 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Canberra | NSWRL 1988 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 9 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
Canberra | NSWRL 1989 | 23 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 73.91% | List | |||
Canberra | NSWRL 1990 | 24 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 70.83% | List | |||
Canberra | NSWRL 1991 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
Brisbane | NSWRL 1992 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 80.95% | List | |||
Brisbane | NSWRL 1993 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 76.19% | List | |||
Brisbane | NSWRL 1994 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
Brisbane | ARL 1995 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 70.83% | List | |||
Brisbane | ARL 1996 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 84.21% | List | |||
Brisbane | Super League 1997 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | |||
Melbourne | NRL 1998 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 72.22% | List | |||
Melbourne | NRL 1999 | 26 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | - | 6 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List |
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canberra | 1987-91 | 92 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 62 | 29 | 1 | 67.39% | List | |||
Brisbane | 1992-97 | 118 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 87 | 29 | 2 | 73.73% | List | |||
Melbourne | 1998-99 | 44 | 2 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | - | 10 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 68.18% | List |
Overall | 1987-1999 | 254 | 21 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 86 | 179 | 71 | 4 | 70.47% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video
Your Say
28/04/2017
Mr Lazarus is one of my all-time favourite footballers in any code. He gave 100% every time he pulled on his boots and was an excellent representative of the game of Rugby League at club, state and national level.
30/05/2019
Mr Lazarus is one of my all-time favourite sporting identities. He is also a gentleman and a great role model.
15/10/2021
Glenn definitely should become a immortal
14/07/2022
Glenn Lazarus should be an Immortal. The finest frontrower of his generation.
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