Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Sledge
- Born
- Tuesday, 2nd October, 1951
- Current Age
- 72 years and 221 days
- Place Of Birth
- Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Regarded as one of the most successful captains under the limited tackle rule, sterling hooker/captain Steve Edge played in eleven grand finals in all grades during his career. Commencing with a Third Grade premiership with St George in 1972, Edge developed into a fine on-field leader despite not being an overly flashy player with the ball. He toured NZ with a Combined Sydney side in 1976, and the following year, captained St George in the historic grand final draw and subsequent victory over P’matta in the replay. Edge battled for his first grade place in the late 1970s but found his best form to play in St George's 1979 grand final win over C’bury. He then left the club for P’matta and secured the club captaincy under coach Jack Gibson who favoured Edge over a galaxy of champion players. Edge enjoyed a rare spot in the limelight with NSW in the inaugural State of Origin match in 1980 but enjoyed greater success captaining the Eels in three consecutive grand final victories (1981-83). He had to overcome a serious eye injury (detached retina and punctured iris) to take his place in the 1984 grand final and retired after the club’s 6-4 loss to C’bury.
- 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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Craven Mild Cup | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 47.37% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 221 | 34 | - | - | 106 | 142 | 73 | 6 | 64.25% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 23 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 56.52% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | 25 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 7 | 1 | 68.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Combined Sydney | 1976 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1977, 1980 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1980 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1976-1980 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1973 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1974 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1975 | 23 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 60.87% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1976 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 54.55% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1977 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 76.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1978 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1979 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1980 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1981 | 25 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 68.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1982 | 27 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1983 | 30 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 70.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1984 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | 1973-79 | 103 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 63 | 37 | 3 | 61.17% | List | |||
Parramatta | 1980-84 | 118 | 19 | - | - | 61 | 79 | 36 | 3 | 66.95% | List | |||
Overall | 1973-1984 | 221 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 142 | 73 | 6 | 64.25% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
11/03/2012
meet him last weekend 1st march working as a cook in a pub in auckland said only doing it 4 beer money nice guy
19/04/2018
Probably the best hooker never to play for Australia
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