Wayne Pearce

Wayne Pearce
OAM
Personal information
Full nameWayne John Pearce
Born (1960-03-29) 29 March 1960 (age 64)
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1980–90 Balmain Tigers 193 33 0 0 123
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–88 New South Wales 16 3 0 0 12
1982–88 Australia 19 6 0 0 21
1983–88 NSW City 6 1 0 0 4
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1994–99 Balmain Tigers 158 55 1 101 35
2000 Wests Tigers 26 11 2 13 42
Total 184 66 3 114 36
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1999–01 New South Wales 9 5 1 3 56
Source: [1][2]

Wayne John Pearce OAM (born 29 March 1960 in Balmain, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. An athletic lock for the Balmain Tigers, he was known as Junior. Pearce represented New South Wales in the State of Origin Series as well as the Australian national rugby league team. Pearce also made an appearance the 1988 Australian television movie The First Kangaroos, which depicted the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.[3]

  1. ^ RLP
  2. ^ Rugby League Project Coaches
  3. ^ John Robinson and Garrett Jones (8 June 1988). "Family fights to clear League Hero's Name". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. p. 74. Retrieved 20 February 2011.