Tony Butterfield

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Friday, 4th February, 1966
Current Age
58 years and 104 days

Biography

Former Penrith junior found success in the Newcastle engine-room after overcoming injuries in 1991-92. A driving force for the Knights, Butterfield was badly missed during the club's 1992 semi-final campaign but capped his career with a starring role in the Knights’ grand final win over Manly in 1997. The following year, he belatedly gained a NSW jersey before overtaking Marc Glanville as the club’s longest-serving player. Butterfield retired at the end of the 2000 season, becoming President of the Players Association.
- 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 %  
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership 239 27 -   - 108 129 104 6 53.97% List
Midweek Cup 5 1 -   - 4 2 3 0 40.00% List
City vs Country 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Finals 13 2 -   - 8 7 6 0 53.85% List
Challenge Cup AU 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
State of Origin 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City 1989 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW 1998 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1989-1998 2 0 0   0 - 1 1 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Penrith NSWRL 1984 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Penrith NSWRL 1985 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Penrith NSWRL 1986 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Penrith NSWRL 1987 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1988 20 4 -   - 16 5 14 1 25.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1989 21 3 -   - 12 11 10 0 52.38% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1990 19 1 -   - 4 11 7 1 57.89% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1991 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1992 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1993 17 2 -   - 8 7 10 0 41.18% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1994 13 2 -   - 8 4 9 0 30.77% List
Newcastle ARL 1995 16 3 -   - 12 12 4 0 75.00% List
Newcastle ARL 1996 22 2 -   - 8 10 10 2 45.45% List
Newcastle ARL 1997 26 2 -   - 8 17 8 1 65.38% List
Newcastle NRL 1998 25 3 -   - 12 18 7 0 72.00% List
Newcastle NRL 1999 22 3 -   - 12 13 9 0 59.09% List
Newcastle NRL 2000 24 2 -   - 8 14 9 1 58.33% List

NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Penrith 1984-87 9 - -   - - 4 5 0 44.44% List
Newcastle 1988-00 230 27 -   - 108 125 99 6 54.35% List
Overall1984-2000 239 27 0   0 108 129 104 6 53.97% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    01/12/2017

    Not many players as tough as Butts

  • Peter Jones
    16/09/2023

    Tough man on the field but couldn't match it with the bouncers at Fannys........................

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Nick Jones, Max Turner

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)