Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Anthony Heather Paskins
- Born
- Monday, 5th December, 1927
- Died
- Thursday, 15th August, 2019 (Aged 91 years and 254 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- European Championship
- 1952/1953
- Interstate Series
- 1961, 1962
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1961, 1962
Biography
Tony Paskins went straight from Randwick's RU ranks to English club football and despite never playing for Australia he is regarded as one of the best centres to emerge in the era immediately after the war. Paskins played for Workington Town (Cumbria) in England after being discovered by 1946 Lions tour captain Gus Risman. He went on to play in the club's Challenge Cup win in 1952 and also represented Other Nationalities. Paskins returned to Australia to captain Easts in 1955 and represented NSW the following year against NZ. As captain-coach of Oberon in Western NSW he led Country to shock wins over City in 1961-62 and captained NSW against Great Britain in the latter year. Unfortunately he was not chosen in the Test sides that year and later came to Manly (captain-coach in 1963) before returning to the country to play for Narrabri. Paskins coached Easts in 1973 following the departure of Don Furner for Queanbeyan.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Workington Town | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Western Division | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| European Championship | 1 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 3 | - | 13 | - | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 69 | 13 | 104 | - | 247 | 26 | 42 | 1 | 37.68% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 8 | 1 | 8 | - | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 99 | 19 | 127 | - | 311 | 52 | 56 | 2 | 52.53% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Other | 1949-53 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1956, 1961-62 | 5 | - | 13 | - | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Western Division | 1959, 1962 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1961-62 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1956-1962 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1955 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1956 | 15 | 5 | 30 | - | 75 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26.67% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1957 | 15 | 2 | 49 | - | 104 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1958 | 17 | 2 | 20 | - | 46 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 12 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1964 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1955-58 | 52 | 13 | 100 | - | 239 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 42.31% | List | ||||
| Manly | 1963-64 | 17 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 23.53% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1955-1964 | 69 | 13 | 104 | 0 | 247 | 26 | 42 | 1 | 37.68% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Tony McCarron
Your Say
29/12/2013
one of the very best rugby league player coaches to play in the country and he definitely put OBERON on the map
08/05/2015
I rememember him for Oberon and NSW Country, big, strong with a sidestep in the Langlands class.
13/09/2022
Definitely the best player coaches in country NSW taking Oberon to group 10 premierships, Western Division to victory over all the other devisions including Newcastle then country wins over City 1961/62 and that was before Origin, it was a pleasure to watch him play the game
17/02/2024
I only saw Paskins play once but I've never forgotten his performance that day in '61, he absolutely cut the City backline to shreds and he did it repeatedly.
I've never seen a better centre's game and that includes any Pom who's ever been here since 1954, plus Gasnier and Meninga.
09/06/2024
My grandfather lived in Tuncurry.
Jack ( skipper ) Elliott.
I meet Tony one afternoon, at the fishermans Co-Op. I was about 14yrs old. I introduced myself, my name is Peter Ham and I’m Jack Elliott
‘s grandson. Could I please come out with you one day. Tony said, do you know where I tie up. Yes, I said. See you at 4.30 in the morning.
I had a few trips with him, over the years.
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