Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 20th May, 1966
- Current Age
- 58 years and 22 days
Honours & Awards
- Yorkshire Cup
- 1990/1991
Biography
St George junior, a highly consistent back rower during his four seasons with the Steelers, played for Sheffield Eagles and Castleford in England before joining his former coach Brian Smith at St George. Under Smith, Hardy repaid the faith shown in him with his high work-rate in the finals and forced Kangaroo lock Brad Mackay to the reserve bench. Hardy started the 1992 grand final against Brisbane but was on the interchange bench in the premiership decider the following year. After coming into the grand final earlier than expected with the injury to Jason Stevens, Hardy was not as effective as a stop-gap prop in St George's 14-6 loss. Hardy was a frequent interchange forward with Saints, right up to the club’s amalgamation with I’warra in 1998. In 2001 he was appointed to the NRL Judiciary Panel.
- 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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership | - | 250 | 35 | - | - | 140 | 111 | 132 | 7 | 44.40% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| English Championship | - | 53 | 21 | - | - | 84 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 60.38% | List | ||||
| Yorkshire Cup | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Premiership Trophy | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Castleford Tigers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| NSWRL/ARL/NRL Finals | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Super League | - | 51 | 13 | - | 1 | 53 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 23.53% | List | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Illawarra | NSWRL 1985 Winfield Cup | 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.09% | List | ||||
| Illawarra | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Illawarra | NSWRL 1987 Winfield Cup | 18 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List | ||||
| Illawarra | NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Illawarra | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 20 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 10.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1991 Winfield Cup | 14 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1992 Winfield Cup | 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 68.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1993 Winfield Cup | 25 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 76.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1994 Winfield Cup | 22 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40.91% | List | ||||
| St George | ARL 1995 Winfield Cup | 16 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | ||||
| St George | ARL 1996 Optus Cup | 25 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 56.00% | List | ||||
| St George | ARL 1997 Optus Cup | 11 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| St George | 1998 NRL Premiership | 22 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 59.09% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Illawarra | 1985-89 | 90 | 15 | - | - | 60 | 20 | 68 | 2 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| St George | 1991-98 | 160 | 20 | - | - | 80 | 91 | 64 | 5 | 56.88% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1985-1998 | 250 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 111 | 132 | 7 | 44.40% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sheffield | 1989/90 | 20 | 13 | - | - | 52 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 45.00% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1989/90 | 15 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1990/91 | 35 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 65.71% | List | ||||
| Sheffield | 1999 | 27 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 29.63% | List | ||||
| Huddersfield Sheffield | 2000 | 26 | 6 | - | 1 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15.38% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sheffield | 1989, 1999 | 47 | 20 | - | - | 80 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 36.17% | List | ||||
| Castleford | 1989-90 | 50 | 15 | - | - | 60 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 66.00% | List | ||||
| Huddersfield Sheffield | 2000 | 26 | 6 | - | 1 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15.38% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1989-2000 | 123 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 54 | 67 | 2 | 43.90% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, Match Video, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Newspapers
Your Say
01/01/2010
Jeff Hardy has the distinction of scoring the last ever try in a first grade match at Seiffert Oval.He scored that try for Illawarra during their 16-6 loss to Canberra at Seiffert Oval in 1989.
01/12/2022
Played with Jeff, 1990-91,good player,back rower loose forward centre, stand off,play anywhere good rugby brain.great person off the field, from your old mate Neil roebuck.
10/10/2023
Good football brain, could play anywhere, you would follow him ,or he would follow you,good pair of hands on him,great bloke , always smiling, it was a pleasure ,to play with Jeff, at Castleford.up the tigers.
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