Wally 'Gator' Fullerton-Smith

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Nickname(s)
Gator
Born
Saturday, 9th July, 1960
Current Age
63 years and 353 days
Place Of Birth
Roma, Queensland, Australia

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

World Cup
1985/1988
The Ashes
1984, 1988
Test Series
New Zealand vs Australia 1983
State of Origin
1983, 1984, 1988
Midweek Cup
1984, 1988

Biography

Redcliffe forward, originally from Roma, spent four months in France with the Tonneins club in 1982-83 before using the State of Origin stage to force his way into the Australian side against NZ in 1983. A rugged, no-nonsense back-rower Fullerton Smith played in the last two Tests of the series against Great Britain in 1984 before joining English club Leeds in the 1984-85 off-season. He toured NZ again in 1985, and after signing with St George in 1987, his rep career continued with three Test appearances against Great Britain and the one-off Test against Papua New Guinea in 1988. The match against Rest of the World that year proved to be his last for Australia, although his Sydney career continued until the end of the 1992 season. Fullerton Smith again played briefly in France in 1993.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
The Ashes 2 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
World Cup 1 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches Queensland Origin - 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches Australia - 6 1 -   - 4 5 1 0 83.33% List
Test Series 3 7 - -   - - 5 2 0 71.43% List
State of Origin 3 12 - -   - - 8 4 0 66.67% List
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - 79 5 -   - 20 39 37 3 49.37% List
Challenge Cup - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
English Championship - 19 7 -   - 28 14 4 1 73.68% List
Regal Trophy - 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Yorkshire Cup - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Midweek Cup 2 15 - -   - - 11 4 0 73.33% List
Challenge Cup AU - 4 - -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1983-84, 1988   8 1 -   - 4 6 2 0 75.00% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1983-1988   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1983-1988   2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Brisbane Firsts 1982-84, 1986   9 - -   - - 6 3 0 66.67% List
QLD 1983-85, 1988, 1990   14 1 -   - 4 9 5 0 64.29% List
Aus Presidents XIII 1985   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1982-1990   24 1 0   0 4 16 8 0 66.67% List


Club Career

NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRL 1987 Winfield Cup   21 1 -   - 4 10 9 2 47.62% List
St George NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup   14 - -   - - 6 8 0 42.86% List
St George NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup   16 1 -   - 4 9 7 0 56.25% List
St George NSWRL 1990 Winfield Cup   11 3 -   - 12 4 7 0 36.36% List
St George NSWRL 1991 Winfield Cup   13 - -   - - 7 5 1 53.85% List
St George NSWRL 1992 Winfield Cup   4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List

NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1987-92   79 5 -   - 20 39 37 3 49.37% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 1984/85   25 7 -   - 28 17 7 1 68.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 1984   25 7 -   - 28 17 7 1 68.00% List

Your Say

  • Bruce Donald
    06/05/2023

    I am sad that Wallys career at the BRL club is not mentioned. While he played for Redcliffe he broke through to be famous.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Michael Borg

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)