Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 7th March, 1972
- Current Age
- 52 years and 70 days
Biography
Talented halfback captained Australian RU Schoolboys to NZ in 1989 while at Ipswich Grammar School. Polla-Mounter joined C’bury after making another schoolboy tour to the British Isles and the Netherlands in 1990-91. An aggressive competitor, he formed a good partnership with veteran pivot Terry Lamb in 1992 and was selected for City Origin the following year. He looked set for a big year in 1994 but after being injured, had to cool his heels in reserve grade for several weeks because of the good form of Kevin Moore. Polla-Mounter regained his first grade spot in time for C’bury's semi-final campaign and took his place in the grand final loss to Canberra. The tough half-back came into his own in the Bulldog’s stirring 17-4 win against hot favourites Manly in the 1995 grand final but subsequent seasons were affected by injury. Polla-Mounter showed all his class and maturity in C’bury’s late-season charge into the grand final in 1998 but the following season again saw him side-lined with a shoulder injury. The most aggressive of competitors, Polla-Mounter announced his retirement at the end of 2001 but missed the Bulldogs’ semi-final campaign when he fractured his sternum in the final round of the premiership.
- 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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Challenge Cup AU | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | 192 | 41 | - | 4 | 168 | 115 | 72 | 5 | 59.90% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Finals | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City | 1993 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 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 % | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1992 | 19 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 47.37% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1993 | 24 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 70.83% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1994 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 73.68% | List | |||
Sydney Bulldogs | ARL 1995 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
Canterbury | ARL 1996 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | |||
Canterbury | Super League 1997 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | |||
Canterbury | NRL 1998 | 25 | 4 | - | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NRL 1999 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2000 | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 43.48% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2001 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 65.22% | List | |||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canterbury | 1992-01 | 192 | 41 | - | 4 | 168 | 115 | 72 | 5 | 59.90% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Terry Liberopoulos, Bill Bates, Paul Carter
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
30/04/2014
He was a sensational player and I always enjoy watching his replays from the great 90s campaign !! He is a legend !! Along with silva ...unsung heores.
Also props to the person who wrote this piece, it is very well constructed. Well done!
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