Gary Wurth is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s for the Canberra Raiders, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and the Newcastle Knights in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership and National Rugby League competitions.[2] His position of choice was at fullback.
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| Full name | Gary Wurth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1961 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editWurth was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Playing career
editA wholehearted player, Wurth played 73 matches for the Roosters scoring 35 tries. Wurth scored a hat-trick of tries in Easts last match at the Sydney Sports Ground.[2]
After departing the Roosters, Wurth joined the Newcastle Knights from the 1989 season. He would play 3 seasons for the club before retiring in 1991.
In 1989 the fullback was selected in the NSW Country representative side.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Gary Wurth - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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