Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 16th February, 1978
- Died
- Thursday, 23rd August, 2018 (Aged 40 years and 188 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
By the age of 22 this hard-working back-rower had played in 100 first grade games for the Dragons. After coming off the interchange bench in the club’s 1996 grand final loss to Manly Thompson played in the second row in the merged St George Illawarra’s 20-18 loss to Melbourne in the 1999 grand final. The red-haired forward was ruled out of the 2000 season after damaging knee ligaments but returned in 2001 to assume the club captaincy. Thompson struggled with injuries again in 2002-03 and relinquishing the captaincy to Trent Barrett before recapturing his best form in 2004. A contractual dispute with St George officials saw Thompson join neighbours Cronulla and he was one of the club’s best players in the troubled 2006 season.
- 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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ARL/NRL Premiership | 240 | 29 | 18 | - | 152 | 126 | 106 | 8 | 52.50% | List | ||||
ARL/NRL Finals | 15 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Cup | 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 % | |||
NSW City | 2001, 2003-04, 2006-07 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
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ARL/NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | ARL 1995 | 4 | - | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | - | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List |
St George | ARL 1996 | 25 | 1 | 8 | / | 12 | 66.67% | - | 20 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 60.00% | List |
St George | ARL 1997 | 19 | 1 | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 42.11% | List |
St George | NRL 1998 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
St George Illawarra | NRL 1999 | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 65.22% | List | |||
St George Illawarra | NRL 2000 | 11 | - | 8 | / | 10 | 80.00% | - | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List |
St George Illawarra | NRL 2001 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 45.45% | List | |||
St George Illawarra | NRL 2002 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 47.06% | List | |||
St George Illawarra | NRL 2003 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 41.18% | List | |||
St George Illawarra | NRL 2004 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
St George Illawarra | NRL 2005 | 26 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | |||
Cronulla | NRL 2006 | 22 | 4 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | - | 18 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 36.36% | List |
Cronulla | NRL 2007 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
Cronulla | NRL 2008 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | 1995-98 | 70 | 4 | 9 | / | 15 | 60.00% | - | 34 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 54.29% | List |
St George Illawarra | 1999-05 | 132 | 20 | 8 | / | 10 | 80.00% | - | 96 | 73 | 55 | 4 | 55.30% | List |
Cronulla | 2006-08 | 38 | 5 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | - | 22 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 39.47% | List |
Overall | 1995-2008 | 240 | 29 | 18 | / | 26 | 69.23% | 0 | 152 | 126 | 106 | 8 | 52.50% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
26/04/2012
A True gentleman of the game.. Played hard and well respected by all
25/08/2018
Was a genuine kind and generous person. Sadly missed.
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