Andrew Simons
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| Born | 13 June 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Simons (born 13 June 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Sydney Bears and the Penrith Panthers.[2]
Biography
Simons grew up in the North Shore of Sydney and started his first-grade career with North Sydney, where his brother Jeff Simons played in the late 1970s.[3]
A winger, Simons debuted for North Sydney in the 1982 NSWRL season and featured in every game from the second round onwards, including two finals. He amassed a total of 105 first-grade appearances while at North Sydney and was the club's top try scorer with 11 tries in 1988, his final season.
In 1989 he joined Penrith and had the distinction of scoring a try in each of the first six rounds that season.[4] He didn't miss a game all year for Penrith and played in the second finals series of his career.
Following the 1990 season, Simons left Penrith to play at Byron Bay.[5]
References
- ^ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
- ^ "Simons, a high flying 'Westie'". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1989. p. 69.
- ^ "Raiders show spirit in loss". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1982. p. 22. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Penrith too strong for Wests". The Canberra Times. 24 April 1989. p. 22. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NSW RL Winfield Cup - On the Trail". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1991. p. 32. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Andrew Simons at Rugby League project