Steve Menzies

Steve Menzies
Personal information
Full nameSteven Menzies
Born (1973-12-04) 4 December 1973 (age 50)
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb) [1]
PositionSecond-row, Lock, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–99 Manly Sea Eagles 150 104 0 0 416
2000–02 Northern Eagles 69 29 0 0 116
2003–08 Manly Sea Eagles 130 47 1 0 186
2009–10 Bradford Bulls 57 27 1 0 110
2011–13 Catalans Dragons 71 31 0 0 124
Total 477 238 2 0 952
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–05 NSW City Origin 8 2 0 0 8
1995–06 New South Wales 20 4 0 0 16
1995–06 Australia 13 9 0 0 36
2012–13 Exiles 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3]

Steve Menzies (born 4 December 1973), commonly referred to by his nickname "Beaver", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer best known for his career with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He also played for the Bradford Bulls and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. Menzies has spent the majority of his playing career in the second row, but he also played as a centre, five-eighth and as a utility player off the bench.

He joined the Bradford Bulls in the Super League from the 2009 season.[4]

Menzies was a noted defender, but is best known as the most prolific try scoring forward in rugby league. His total of 180 tries is the fourth highest in Australian first grade rugby league history. In total, Menzies has played 520 first grade, state of origin and test games, scoring 251 tries.

He is well known for wearing headgear during games, having done so throughout his entire career, as well as his loyalty to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

  1. ^ "Dragons Catalans". web page. Dragons Catalans S.A.S.P. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ loverugbyleague
  4. ^ "2009 NRL Player Movements". NRL Live. 4 October 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2008.