Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Wayne John Pearce
- Nickname(s)
- Junior
- Born
- Tuesday, 29th March, 1960
- Current Age
- 64 years and 42 days
- Place Of Birth
- Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
- Harry Sunderland Medal
- 1984
- Rothmans Medal
- 1985
- Dally M Lock Of The Year
- 1987, 1988
- Ken Stephen Medal
- 1988
- National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
- 2008
Known Family Links
- Son
- Mitchell Pearce
- Brother
- Graham Pearce
Biography
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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Craven Mild Cup | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 192 | 33 | - | - | 123 | 105 | 85 | 2 | 54.69% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 22 | 8 | - | - | 27 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 90.91% | List | |||
Test Series | 16 | 6 | - | - | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 8 | 4 | - | - | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | 11 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
World Cup | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tooheys Challenge Cup | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1982, 1984-88 | 19 | 6 | - | - | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 84.21% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1982-1988 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1982-1988 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1983-88 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1983-86 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Oceania | 1984 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City | 1987-88 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1980-1988 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | |||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1980 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 31.58% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1981 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1982 | 21 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1983 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1984 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1985 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1986 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1987 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.55% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1988 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 76.19% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1989 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRL 1990 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | 1980-90 | 192 | 33 | - | - | 123 | 105 | 85 | 2 | 54.69% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91
Your Say
08/07/2016
Wayne Pearce one word legend
02/04/2020
One of the best players in rugby league that never won a premiership
14/08/2022
Remember working with him selling hotdogs on amco cup final night back in 1977. Very nice guy.
25/10/2022
In my opinion, Wayne Pearce was the greatist role model of a professional rugby league player in the history of the game, junior, was a tough determined, wholehearted intelligent player,, one of the greats of all time,, thankyou for the memories Wayne,,,I admired you so much, Neil Pringle & Garry jack, are also my favourite heros, balmain tigers forever,,
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