Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 29th May, 1972
- Current Age
- 52 years and 13 days
- Place Of Birth
- Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- State of Origin
- 1992, 1997
- Challenge Cup AU
- 1992
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Craig Simon
Biography
17-year-old schoolboy sensation made his first grade debut with the Steelers in 1990. Strong and fast with a great kicking game, Simon represented City Firsts in 1991-92 and was selected for the NSW side in the latter year. Despite a confident display in a match that the Blues won, Simon was dropped to make way for the return of Ricky Stuart from injury. His form wavered late in the season and his place was taken by Mick Neil but he made his way back into the Steelers' first grade team in time for the semi-finals. A cut foot (incredibly, in an after-match shower accident) limited his appearances in the 1993 season but he was back among the club's best players in 1994. The following year he looked set to leave I’warra on a massive $300,000 contract until the advent of Super League seemed to pale that amount into insignificance. After a season with Easts, where he could not dislodge Adrian Lam at halfback, he was cleared by the club to move to P’matta. After representing Country and kicking a field-goal in NSW’s 15-14 win over Queensland in Melbourne that secured the series, he represented Australia against Rest of the World during the divided 1997 season. However, his apparent lack of fitness found him out of favour with coach Brian Smith and midway through the 1999 season he gained another release to play for Auckland (he was named captain in his second match with the club). After two seasons with the Warriors, Simon moved to the W’Tigers where, despite some good performances for the club, he announced his retirement before the end of the season citing a lack of enthusiasm.
- 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 % | ||||
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State of Origin | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country | - | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership | - | 230 | 50 | 118 | 23 | 459 | 121 | 96 | 13 | 52.61% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Finals | - | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 1 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
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International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1997 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Aborigines | 1999 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1997-1999 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 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 % | ||||
NSW | 1992, 1997 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSW Country | 1992-95, 1997 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Aborigines | 1999 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1992-1999 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | 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 1990 Winfield Cup | 21 | 2 | 8 | / | 18 | 44.44% | - | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 47.62% | List | |
Illawarra | NSWRL 1991 Winfield Cup | 18 | 1 | 8 | / | 13 | 61.54% | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 61.11% | List | |
Illawarra | NSWRL 1992 Winfield Cup | 23 | 5 | - | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 52.17% | List | ||||
Illawarra | NSWRL 1993 Winfield Cup | 16 | 6 | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | 3 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | |
Illawarra | NSWRL 1994 Winfield Cup | 22 | 5 | 2 | / | 4 | 50.00% | - | 24 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 50.00% | List | |
Illawarra | ARL 1995 Winfield Cup | 20 | 8 | 11 | / | 15 | 73.33% | 1 | 55 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |
Sydney City | ARL 1996 Optus Cup | 15 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | ||||
Parramatta | ARL 1997 Optus Cup | 23 | 6 | 25 | / | 57 | 43.86% | 7 | 81 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 56.52% | List | |
Parramatta | 1998 NRL Premiership | 21 | 5 | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | 6 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 61.90% | List | |
Parramatta | 1999 NRL Premiership | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Auckland | 1999 NRL Premiership | 12 | 1 | 26 | / | 42 | 61.90% | - | 56 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |
Auckland | 2000 NRL Telstra Premiership | 20 | 1 | 25 | / | 37 | 67.57% | - | 54 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 40.00% | List | |
Wests Tigers | 2001 NRL Telstra Premiership | 18 | 4 | 11 | / | 25 | 44.00% | 1 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78% | List | |
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Illawarra | 1990-95 | 120 | 27 | 30 | / | 52 | 57.69% | 9 | 177 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 52.50% | List | |
Sydney City | 1996 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | ||||
Parramatta | 1997-99 | 45 | 12 | 26 | / | 59 | 44.07% | 13 | 113 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 60.00% | List | |
Auckland | 1999-00 | 32 | 2 | 51 | / | 79 | 64.56% | - | 110 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 46.88% | List | |
Wests Tigers | 2001 | 18 | 4 | 11 | / | 25 | 44.00% | 1 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78% | List | |
Overall | 1990-2001 | 230 | 50 | 118 | / | 215 | 54.88% | 23 | 459 | 121 | 96 | 13 | 52.61% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Steven Russo
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
16/07/2015
On his day one of the best
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