Gavin Lester

Gavin Lester (born 5 January 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Sydney Roosters, as a wing.[2]

Gavin Lester
Personal information
Full nameGavin Lester
Born (1977-01-05) 5 January 1977
Sydney, Australia
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–02 Canterbury Bulldogs 40 13 0 0 52
2004 Sydney Roosters 10 3 0 0 12
Total 50 16 0 0 64
Source: [1]
As of 17 January 2019

Background

Lester was born in Sydney. He played his junior rugby league with La Perouse United.

Playing career

He began his career in 1998 with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on the bench, in Canterbury's 24–10 loss against the Balmain Tigers in Round 4 at Belmore Oval in which he scored a try.

Lester played 22 games as Canterbury finished 9th on the table and qualified for the finals. Canterbury proceeded to make the 1998 NRL Grand Final after winning 4 sudden death elimination matches in a row including the club's famous preliminary final victory over rivals Parramatta which is considered to be one of the greatest comebacks of all time. After being 18–2 down with less than 10 minutes remaining, Canterbury scored 3 tries to take the game into extra-time before winning the match 32–20.[3][4]

The following week, Lester played on the wing in the 1998 NRL grand final for Canterbury in the 38–12 loss to the Brisbane Broncos at the Sydney Football Stadium.[5]

Lester joined with Sydney Roosters for the 2004 NRL season. Playing 10 matches and scoring 3 tries.[6]

References
  1. "Gavin Lester – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Apprentices 'more likely to stay': Gavin Lester". Australian Apprentices. Australiian Government. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. "Top 10 preliminary final heartbreaks". www.nrl.com.
  4. "Memorable Match: 1998 Preliminary Final". www.bulldogs.com.au.
  5. "BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB – OFFICIAL WEBSITE". thebulldogs.com.au.
  6. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.


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