Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Rex Peers Mossop
- Nickname(s)
- Moose
- Born
- Saturday, 18th February, 1928
- Died
- Friday, 17th June, 2011 (Aged 83 years and 119 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Additional Notes
Originally played rugby union and played eight Tests for the Wallabies, before joining Leigh in the UK in 1951. After his retirement he became a television commentator.
He was awarded life membership of the NSWRL in 1999, and received the Australian Sports Medal the following year.
Mossop suffered from Alzheimer's disease in the years before his death.
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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European Championship | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 129 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 65 | 59 | 5 | 50.39% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
World Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Other | 1953 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Australia | 1958-60 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
Overall | 1953-1960 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1958-1960 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1958-1960 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Metropolis | 1957, 1960 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1957-60 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1957, 1960 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1958, 1961 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1957-1961 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 10 | 3 | 1 | 71.43% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1956 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1957 | 19 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 57.89% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1958 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1959 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1960 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1961 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1962 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 10 | 1 | 38.89% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 10 | 0 | 41.18% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | 1956-63 | 129 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 65 | 59 | 5 | 50.39% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Your Say
28/10/2009
Rex Mossop played 136 games for Manly.
27/10/2015
Love him or hate him, the Moose cannot be ignored. Sportcasting needs such giant characters as Rex and Frank Hyde.
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