Bruce Sinclair (rugby league)
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Full name | Bruce Sinclair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia | 25 January 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Sinclair (born 25 January 1965) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Primarily a prop, he played for the Balmain Tigers, North Sydney Bears, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and North Queensland Cowboys.
Playing career
Recruited from Tamworth, Sinclair made his first grade debut for the Balmain Tigers in Round 24 of the 1986 NSWRL season. During his three seasons at the club, he played 13 games.
In 1989, Sinclair signed with the North Sydney Bears on a two-year contract, playing 15 games. In 1991, he moved to the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, where he played 50 games over four seasons. In 1992, he played his first full season of first grade, playing 21 of the Roosters' 22 games.
In 1995, he joined the newly-established North Queensland Cowboys, reuniting with his former Bears' teammate Kerry Boustead, who was the Cowboys' CEO. Sinclair was named the club captain for the inaugural season.[2] He played 11 games that season, captaining the side four times, before retiring at the end of the season.[3]
Statistics
NSWRL/ARL
Season | Team | Matches | T | G | GK % | F/G | Pts |
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1986 | Balmain | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1987 | Balmain | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1988 | Balmain | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1989 | North Sydney | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1990 | North Sydney | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1991 | Eastern Suburbs | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1992 | Eastern Suburbs | 21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1993 | Eastern Suburbs | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
1994 | Eastern Suburbs | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
1995 | North Queensland | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Career totals | 89 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
References
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Bruce Sinclair- Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ Cadigan, Neil. 25 Years in the Saddle. Playright Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 9780994237316.
- ^ Cadigan, Neil. 25 Years in the Saddle. Playright Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 9780994237316.