Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 14th August, 1972
- Current Age
- 51 years and 279 days
- Place Of Birth
- Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Phil Adamson
Biography
Taree junior started his career as a lanky fullback with P’matta but the turning point in his career was his move to the forwards at the direction of coach Royce Simmons at Penrith. A considerably bigger and more committed Adamson forged a reputation as a pacy, tough back-rower and duly represented NSW and Australia during Super League’s 1997 breakaway season. Subsequent injuries denied him the chance to further his rep career in the reunified NRL competition but Penrith’s visit to the semi-finals in 2000 saw him considered a shadow contender for the World Cup squad. His effort to make the NSW State of Origin team during the Panthers’ troubled 2001 season was a reflection of his good personal form but he erred late in the season when publicly critical of coach Royce Simmons. Despite Simmons’ sacking, Adamson chose to leave the club at the end of the year and make a fresh start in English club football with Leeds. After playing in the Challenge Club Final in 2003 Adamson returned to Australia in 2005 to play for Canberra. Following his retirement, Adamson returned to Penrith as an assistant to new coach Matthew Elliott in 2007.
- 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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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | 175 | 32 | 2 | - | 132 | 69 | 101 | 5 | 39.43% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Tests | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Test Series | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
Super League | 62 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 64.52% | List | ||||
Super League Finals | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia (SL) | 1997 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW (SL) | 1997 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 2001 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1997-2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1991 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Penrith | NSWRL 1993 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Penrith | NSWRL 1994 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | |||
Penrith | ARL 1995 | 13 | 7 | 2 | / | 5 | 40.00% | - | 32 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List |
Penrith | ARL 1996 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 37.50% | List | |||
Penrith | Super League 1997 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 1998 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 36.36% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 1999 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 2000 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 2001 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
Canberra | NRL 2005 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | 1991 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Penrith | 1993-01 | 158 | 28 | 2 | / | 5 | 40.00% | - | 116 | 63 | 90 | 5 | 39.87% | List |
Canberra | 2005 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
Overall | 1991-2005 | 175 | 32 | 2 | / | 5 | 40.00% | 0 | 132 | 69 | 101 | 5 | 39.43% | List |
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Leeds | 2002 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 24 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
Leeds | 2003 | 28 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 60.71% | List | |||
Leeds | 2004 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | 2 | 72.22% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Leeds | 2002-04 | 72 | 9 | - | - | 40 | 47 | 21 | 4 | 65.28% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Terry Liberopoulos, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Official NRL Website, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World
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