Ron Giteau

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Ron Giteau
Personal information
Full nameRon Giteau
Born (1955-05-31) 31 May 1955 (age 69)
Playing information
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1974–80 Western Suburbs 102411522429
1981–82 Eastern Suburbs 46111412319
1983–86 Canberra Raiders 78142343527
Total2266652771275
Source: [1] [2]
Relatives Matt Giteau (son)
Kristy Giteau (daughter)

Ron Giteau (born 31 May 1955 [3] ) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A prolific point-scoring centre, he was captain of the Canberra Raiders team in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. Giteau also played for Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs.

He was a Wests junior graded from the Enfield Federals junior club in 1974. [4]

Ron Giteau is the father of former Australian rugby union player, Matt Giteau, [5] Australia women's dual-code rugby international Kristy Giteau [6] [7] and Canberra Raiders NSW Cup side coach Justin Giteau [8]

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. NRL Stats
  3. Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 16. ISBN   0-909558-83-3.
  4. Ed T (31 May 2012). "Happy Birthday this week..." Wests Magpies . Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. Wayne Smith (26 May 2007). "Million dollar baby". The Australian . Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  6. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
  7. "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
  8. "Raiders confirm 2023 NRL Football Staff". Canberra Raiders.

Sources

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