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Tony Armstrong (rugby league)

Tony Armstrong
Personal information
Born (1958-07-08) 8 July 1958 (age 66)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1979–81 Western Suburbs 2 0 0 0 0
1982–83 Canterbury Bulldogs 33 16 45 0 146
1984–85 Cronulla Sharks 23 9 75 0 186
1986 Illawarra Steelers 6 2 16 0 40
Total 64 27 136 0 372
Source: [1]

Tony Armstrong (born 8 July 1958) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury Bulldogs, Cronulla Sharks and the Illawarra Steelers.

Rugby league career

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Armstrong played as a fullback for his first club Western Suburbs, where he made two first-grade appearances. He was one of the club's best players in their 1981 reserves premiership team, scoring a try and kicking five goals from five attempts in the grand final win over Parramatta, which saw him signed up by Canterbury soon after.[2][3]

Over two seasons at Canterbury, Armstrong made a total of 33 first-grade appearances as a goal-kicking winger, three of which came in the 1983 finals series.

Armstrong joined Cronulla in 1984 and finished the home and away season as the competition's leading point-scorer. He amassed 186 points in 23 games, to edge out former Canterbury teammate Steve Gearin for the accolade.[4]

In 1986 he was signed by Illawarra and played six first-grade games before suffering a knee injury in round seven.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
  2. ^ "Wests on top". The Canberra Times. 28 September 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Recruiting raid nets talent for Canberra". The Canberra Times. 30 September 1981. p. 42. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Other final-five contenders fall by the wayside Souths squeeze into play-off against Canberra Raiders". The Canberra Times. 27 August 1984. p. 24. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Referee's 'gross over-reaction' stuns Stanton Tigers forward forces judiciary to meet". The Canberra Times. 20 April 1986. p. 32. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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