Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Robert John Keyes
- Born
- Sunday, 19th November, 1939
- Died
- Thursday, 8th September, 2022 (Aged 82 years and 294 days)
Biography
Easts' junior signed with Newtown in 1961. Keyes started his career on the wing but formed a fine centre partnership with Brian Moore during the 1960s. He played in the centres for NSW in 1964 and was a reserve in the 1966 interstate series. Later captaining the Bluebags, Keys took the club to a win in the reserve grade premiership in 1970 before playing the final years of his career as captain-coach of Ryde-Eastwood.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 166 | 37 | - | 1 | 113 | 65 | 95 | 6 | 39.16% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 35 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 42.86% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Interstate Matches | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Sydney Firsts | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1964 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1964, 1966 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1967 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1964-1967 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1960 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1961 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1962 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1963 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1964 | 17 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1965 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 41.18% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1966 | 20 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1967 | 21 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1968 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 10.53% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1969 | 21 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 23.81% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1970 | 13 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1960-61 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Newtown | 1962-70 | 162 | 37 | - | 1 | 113 | 65 | 91 | 6 | 40.12% | List | |||
Overall | 1960-1970 | 166 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 65 | 95 | 6 | 39.16% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
03/05/2012
An underrated player in his time, continually overlooked for higher honours. But he produced consistent, effective performances in the centre for Newtown right through the 1960s.
30/06/2015
Avery professional first grade centre who gave great service to the Newtown Club.
01/10/2015
. Week in week out he gave his all to the Blues. Deserved higher honours
02/11/2015
One of the best centres among a lot good centres around that time deserved better representative honours.
04/05/2020
Bob was part of the famous Moore & Keyes centre partnership.
04/02/2023
Born December 18, 1942. Not November 19, 1939.
24/03/2023
Wrong birth date.
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