Billy Noke
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Full name | Billy Noke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | 6 October 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 31 January 2019 |
Billy Noke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the St. George Dragons, Brisbane Broncos, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Western Suburbs Magpies. He played primarily in the back row. He is the cousin of Kyle Noke.
Career
He starred in the unbeaten Australian Schoolboy Tour of England in 1979 before being a member of the premiership winning St. George Dragons Presidents Cup team in 1981.
He was then graded by St George in 1982 as an import (there was a local junior/import rule at the time with each club being limited to a number of imported players) Noke, took a risk doing this as one more year in the local junior's competition would have given him local junior status.
He would then not have been included in the limited number of imported players a club could have at the time, he really had to back his ability to do this with many other imported forwards at the club experienced NSW & Australian representatives.
A talented ball-player with a good kicking game, Noke played in the Dragons'
Noke captain-coached Turvey Park to the 1993 Group 9 Premiership.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Billy Noke – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Govorcin, Damir. "Scott's hat-trick clinches victory". Rugby League Week (22/09/1993). Sydney: Bauer Media Group.
- ^ "Group 9". NSW Country Rugby League Annual Report (1993). Sydney: NSW Country Rugby League.