Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ronald Arthur Roberts
- Born
- Friday, 11th November, 1927
- Died
- Wednesday, 11th June, 2003 (Aged 75 years and 213 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- Graham Roberts
Biography
St George winger cemented his place in the history of the code when he dived over to score the winning try in the Third Test against Great Britain in 1950. (In the 1980s, that try was rated the single greatest moment in the code's history by a RLW poll). The 5-2 victory gave Australia the Ashes for the first time since 1920 and if that one moment dwarfed the remainder of the strapping winger's career, it was certainly a great way to be remembered. Roberts played for NSW in 1949 before making his Test debut on the tour of NZ. That year, he scored two tries in St George's 19-12 grand final win over Souths, as well as finishing the season's leading try-scorer in 1949-50.
- 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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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 52 | 51 | - | - | 153 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 59.62% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 4 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 7 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Country Carnival | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Monaro/Southern Division XIII | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1949-50 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 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 Firsts | 1949, 1951 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.33% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1949 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Southern Division | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Monaro/S.Division | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Probables (AU) | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1952 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1949-1952 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1949 | 19 | 25 | - | - | 75 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 73.68% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1950 | 15 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 46.67% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1951 | 18 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | 1949-51 | 52 | 51 | - | - | 153 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 59.62% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tim Costello
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