Was wallys first ever try scored in 1988? He played for my team Wakefield Trinity in the '83-'84 season and I'm sure he scored for us, he must have scored tries in Australia before he came over, surely?
Doesn't make that clear and going back to late 70's isn't an age from 1988. A professional try is a professional try and Australian footy is Australian footy as far as I'm concerned, same challenge different named championship.
I'll try and explain it. Back in 1988 it was called the Winfield Cup and it was run under the NSWRL which at that time consisted of 14 clubs from NSW and 2 from Qld. Prior to 88 Wally had only played his club footy in the Qld comp which was seperate from the NSW comp which was the main comp at the time. It didn't become known as the NRL until the late 90s which included some other teams from Qld, Victoria and NZ
Wally went from Valleys under-18s, where his father Jim was the coach, straight into first grade and made his A Grade debut on Sunday April 9, 1978 against Norths at Neumann Oval. Wally lit up the opposition, backing up all over the park and scored 3 tries in a comprehensive 31 to 14 victory.
0:00 Wally Lewis first try (Round 1, 1988)
0:16 Wally Lewis last try (Round 22, 1992)
0:43 Wendell Sailor first try (Round 21, 1993)
1:12 Wendell Sailor last try (Round 21, 2009)
1:33 Timana Tahu first try (Round 16, 1999)
2:19 Timana Tahu last try (Round 26, 2014)
2:43 Greg Inglis first try (Round 6, 2005)
3:04 Greg Inglis last try (Qualifying Final, 2018)
4:00 Steve Matai first try (Round 6, 2005)
4:25 Steve Matai last try (Round 6, 2016)
3:41 the Storm winger was too busy complaining rather than trying to stop Inglis haha
Was wallys first ever try scored in 1988? He played for my team Wakefield Trinity in the '83-'84 season and I'm sure he scored for us, he must have scored tries in Australia before he came over, surely?
How far do you wanna go back?
This is just the Nrl/Arl Era.
Doesn't make that clear and going back to late 70's isn't an age from 1988. A professional try is a professional try and Australian footy is Australian footy as far as I'm concerned, same challenge different named championship.
I'll try and explain it. Back in 1988 it was called the Winfield Cup and it was run under the NSWRL which at that time consisted of 14 clubs from NSW and 2 from Qld. Prior to 88 Wally had only played his club footy in the Qld comp which was seperate from the NSW comp which was the main comp at the time. It didn't become known as the NRL until the late 90s which included some other teams from Qld, Victoria and NZ
Wally went from Valleys under-18s, where his father Jim was the coach, straight into first grade and made his A Grade debut on Sunday April 9, 1978 against Norths at Neumann Oval. Wally lit up the opposition, backing up all over the park and scored 3 tries in a comprehensive 31 to 14 victory.
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