Brett Mullins
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 21 January 1972|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brett Mullins (born 21 January 1972) is an Australian former professional
Brett Mullins played in 209 first grade games during his 12-year career in Australia (183 for Canberra, 26 for the Roosters), during which he scored 105 tries for the Raiders and 17 for the Roosters and was equal second with Canberra teammate Jason Croker on the league's try scoring list in 1994 with 22 (Brisbane's Steve Renouf top scored with 23). He played 12 games for Leeds, scoring 4 tries.
He played in 8 test matches for Australia (5 under
His father,
In 2015, Brett's son Bradley Mullins signed with the Sydney Roosters, playing in their Holden Cup squad in 2015 and 2016.
Club career
Canberra Raiders
Brett Mullins made his first grade début for Canberra from the substitution bench in a 48–0 rout of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1990. He was recruited by Canberra from the Young Cherrypickers where he played as a junior. Mullins played on the wing, in the centres and also filled in at fullback during 1991, but an injury suffered in the Minor Preliminary Semi-final against Western Suburbs saw him miss a place in the Raiders Grand Final side that went down 12-19 to the Penrith Panthers.
Mullins continued playing in the three-quarters before securing the Raiders fullback spot following the retirement of Gary Belcher at the end of the 1993. During the 1994 NSWRL season, Mullins overcame several niggling injuries to play in the Raiders 36–12 victory over Canterbury-Bankstown.
That season he finished with a total of 22 tries, which included back to back games against the
During the Super League war which began in early 1995, Mullins remained loyal to the Super League aligned Raiders. Although he had risen to be the game's #1 fullback in 1994, between 1995 and 2000 he would alternate playing at fullback, centre or wing for Canberra.
Tall (6'3" or 190 cm) with a long stride, Mullins was known for his pace, though he would later state that "I wasn't really that quick. Over 40 metres or 50 metres I guess I was, but I wasn't over 100. I think I used to drink and smoke too much. There's no doubting I had a good time."[4]
In 2000, in his final year with the club, Mullins emulated his father by surpassing the 100 try scoring mark in first grade rugby league. After his on-field altercation with his teammate Mark McLinden against Parramatta, where he abused and pushed his team-mate, Mullins was dropped from the squad by team coach and former teammate Mal Meninga, and fined $25,000 dollars.[5]
Leeds Rhinos
Following his sacking from the Raiders, Mullins signed with English Super League team Leeds Rhinos. He played 12 games for the Rhinos in 2001 (4 of them Challenge Cup ties), scoring 4 tries.[6]
Sydney Roosters
Mullins returned to Australia for the
Representative career
Brett Mullins made his senior representative début for
Mullins made his State of Origin début on the wing for New South Wales in Game 2 of the 1994 State of Origin series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of a then record rugby league attendance in Australia of 87,161. He would go on to represent NSW in 5 Origin games between 1994 and 1996 and twice under the Super League banner in 1997.
Despite playing on the wing for New South Wales in their 2-1 Origin series win over
In 1995 during the Super League war, the
Following the
References
- ^ NRL Stats[permanent dead link]
- ^ SL Stats
- ^ RLP
- ^ a b "look who we bumped into". League Central (11 March 2011). Sydney, NSW: News Limited: 3.
- ^ "When teammates attack". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Brett Mullins - Leeds Rhinos at Rugby League Project
- ^ 2002 NRL Grand Final at Rugby League Project
- ^ Brett Mullins Country Origin games at Rugby League Project
- ^ 1994 Australia vs France at Rugby League Project
- ^ 1997 NZ vs AUS at Rugby League Project