Alan McIndoe

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Alan McIndoe
Personal information
Born (1964-05-14) 14 May 1964 (age 59)
Emerald, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1983–88 Illawarra Steelers 733800152
1989–90 Penrith Panthers 372600104
1991–93 Illawarra Steelers 532700108
Total1639100364
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1988–90 Queensland 930012
1988 Australia 10000

Alan McIndoe (born 14 May 1964) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative wing, he played club football in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Illawarra Steelers, with whom he topped the League's try-scoring list in 1991, and the Penrith Panthers. [1] On 4 October 2006 McIndoe was named on the wing in a 40 Year Panthers Legends Team. The same year he was named on the wing in the Illawarra Steelers' "Team of Steel". [2]

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Playing career

Coming from Emerald, Queensland, McIndoe started playing first grade football for Illawarra in 1983. He made his debut for Queensland in the 1988 State of Origin series, scoring a try in game 1 and playing in all three matches.

That year he also represented Australia against a 'Rest of the World' team. [1] The following season McIndoe moved to Penrith and also played in all three matches of the 1989 State of Origin series, scoring in games 1 and 2.

In the 1990 season he was, for the third consecutive year, selected for Queensland in all three games of the State of Origin before playing for the Panthers in their Grand Final loss to Canberra. He returned to Illawarra in the 1991 NSWRL season and that year took the club record for most tries in a match with 5 against the Gold Coast and went on to be the League's top try-scorer with 19. McIndoe played his final season with the Steelers in 1993.

In 2020, McIndoe spoke to NRL.com about his final year at Illawarra saying "I love Illawarra – it will always be my second home but we had a disagreement in my final season in 1993. I got into financial planning and one of my teammates was Dale Fritz. We sat down and he told me how much money he was on ... he was a good player and I told him he could do better and to put feelers out. Another coach found out – and told the Steelers and the shit hit the fan. They wanted to sack me straight away. In the end, they stripped me of the club captaincy, which hurt. But we resolved it and I left on good terms. I had two years as captain-coach of Tumut and then gave it away". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. pp. 380–381. ISBN   978-1-877082-93-1.
  2. ↑ "STAR STUDDED TEAM OF STEEL ANNOUNCED". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Legend Q&A : Alan McIndoe". National Rugby League.

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