Jack Rayner
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack Rayner | |
| Place of birth | Lismore, Australia | |
| Position | Second Row | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1946-57 | South Sydney | 196 (193) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1947-54 1948-49 |
New South Wales Australia |
11 (6) 5 (3) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Jack Rayner (born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia) was an Australian rugby league player who played for South Sydney between 1946 and 1957. He represented New South Wales on eleven occasions and he also played in five test matches for the Australian national representative side.
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[edit] Club career
Rayner joined the club in 1946 at the suggestion of Eric Lewis, who had played for South Sydney in the 1930s. Lewis spotted Rayner playing rugby league for the army while in Papua New Guinea during WWII. In 1947 Rayner was selected as the club captain due to his leadership skills and his tough performances as a second rower. In 1949 he was appointed the coach of the club as well as captain. He led his club to six premiership wins in the 1950s. He retired at the end of the 1957 season due to a knee injury.
[edit] Representative career
[edit] New South Wales
Rayner was first called up to represent his state in 1947. He made 11 appearances for New South Wales scoring 2 tries with a total of 6 points. His last game for New South Wales was in 1954.
[edit] Australia
In 1948, he made his test debut for Australia in the first Test loss against New Zealand in at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was a reserve in the second test of that series in Brisbane. He played in 24 Tour matches and in the first two Tests against Great Britain on the Kangaroo tourat the end of that year. His final test appearances came on the tour of New Zealand in 1949.
[edit] Coaching career
A policeman by occupation Rayner took up the reins as South Sydney's player coach in 1949 having been appointed to captain in 1947. He led the club to five premiership victories during his ten years as captain and coach.
In 2004 he was named by Souths as Coach of their South Sydney Dream Team,[1], consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ South Sydney Dream Team from the official South Sydney website.
[edit] Sources
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- NRL Official 2007 Season Guide, News Magazines Surry Hills Sydney, for the National Rugby League
