Ricky Walford
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ricky Walford | |
| Place of birth | Walgett, NSW, Australia | |
| School(s) | Walgett High School | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Walgett Junior Leagues | ||
| Youth representative teams | ||
| 1981 | Australian Schoolboys[1] | |
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1982–1983 1984 1985–1996 |
Easts Norths St. George |
10 (18) 10 (74) 207 (874)[2] |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1989–1990 1990 |
Country Origin New South Wales |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Ricky Walford (born in Walgett, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters, North Sydney Bears and the St. George Dragons. He was a classy goal-kicking winger.
[edit] Club career
Walford was selected from Walgett as an Australian schoolboy representative and toured to New Zealand in 1981. He made ten appearances for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1982 and 1983 and played for North Sydney in 1984.
He joined the St. George Dragons in 1985 and in an 11 year career with the club played 207 games. He played in the 1992 and 1993 Grand Final losses to the Brisbane Broncos.
He was the NSWRL season 1989's leading point scorer. His 874 career points for St George stood in second place behind Graeme Langlands on the club's all time highest score tally. He retired from the Dragons at the end of the 1995 season but made himself available to play in the 1996 season during the troubles of the Super League war.
[edit] Representative career
Whilst playing with St. George, Walford was selected for Country Origin and NSW Origin. He played in the first game of the 1990 Origin series. He also represented for an Australian Aboriginal side on a tour of Tonga in 1990.
Walford is now Indigenous Development Manager at the Australian Rugby League[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ Rugby League Tables. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ National Indigenous Sport Development Program. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
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