Rex Percy
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rex William Percy[1] | |||||
| Born | 26 January 1934 New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Loose forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Ponsonby | ||||||
| 1961–1963 | Balmain Tigers | 3 | 8 | 0 | 25 | |
| Total | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 25 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Auckland | ||||||
| 1955–1959 | New Zealand | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Rex Percy is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1957 World Cup.
Playing career
Percy played for the Ponsonby club in the Auckland Rugby League competition and was an Auckland representative. In 1955 he was first selected for the New Zealand Kiwis, touring Great Britain and France.[2] He was again named for the Kiwis in 1957, being part of the World Cup squad that year.
In 1958 Percy was part of the first ever Grand Final in the Auckland Rugby League competition, which Ponsonby won 16-7. He also toured the South Island with Auckland and played for the Kiwis against Great Britain that year. 1959 was his last year in a Kiwis jersey and he toured Australia. In total he played in nine test matches during his career and scored 19 points for his country.
In 1961 Percy joined the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He played for the Tigers for three seasons and scored 25 points during this time.
References
- ↑ PERCY, Rex William - 1955 - 59 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.