Ron Giteau

Ron Giteau (born 31 May 1955[3]) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A prolific point-scoring centre, he was captain of the Canberra Raiders team in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. Giteau also played for Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs.

Ron Giteau
Personal information
Full nameRon Giteau
Born (1955-05-31) 31 May 1955
Playing information
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1974–80 Western Suburbs 102 41 152 2 429
1981–82 Eastern Suburbs 46 11 141 2 319
1983–86 Canberra Raiders 78 14 234 3 527
Total 226 66 527 7 1275
Source: [1][2]

He was a Wests junior graded from the Enfield Federals junior club in 1974.[4]

Ron Giteau is the father of former Australian rugby union player, Matt Giteau,[5] Australia women's dual-code rugby international Kristy Giteau[6][7] and Canberra Raiders NSW Cup side coach Justin Giteau [8]

References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. NRL Stats
  3. Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 16. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
  4. Ed T (31 May 2012). "Happy Birthday this week..." Wests Magpies. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. Wayne Smith (26 May 2007). "Million dollar baby". The Australian. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  6. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
  7. "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
  8. "Raiders confirm 2023 NRL Football Staff". Canberra Raiders.

Sources


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