Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Richard Gordon Powell
- Born
- Tuesday, 17th January, 1939
- Died
- Tuesday, 20th August, 2019 (Aged 80 years and 215 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1967
- Preseason Cup
- 1966
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Stephen Knight
- Uncle
- Jim Richards
Additional Notes
Half brother of Stephen Knight.
Playing Career Statistics
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 97 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 42 | 54 | 1 | 43.30% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 52.38% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 118 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 53 | 62 | 3 | 44.92% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Colts | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1964 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1958 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 35.29% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1962 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1963 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 23.53% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1964 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1965 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1966 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1967 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1958, 1961-67 | 97 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 42 | 54 | 1 | 43.30% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives
Your Say
15/10/2012
Won Sun Herald award for best and fairest player in 1964. Was very good prop forward
10/01/2017
Was the Sun-Herald best and fairest player for 1964.
05/06/2017
Won the Sun-Herald Best and Fairest Award in 1964
26/07/2018
Poured a great beer at the Cauliflower Pub Back Back Bar in his last playing years.
I drank their 4 or 5 day’s a month
at Lunchtime for two years 64/65
ARK
17/02/2019
Any player who won the Sun Herald Best & Fairest playing against the likes of Billy Wilson Norm Provan Kevin Ryan Johhny Raper must have been quite a footballer
25/02/2019
Anyone who can win the Sun Herald Best & Fairest during St Georges reign of 12 premierships must be quite a footballer
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