Larry Corowa
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| Full name | Larry Corowa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1957 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Larry Corowa
New South Wales Rugby League Premiership
. Playing on the wing, Corowa became one of Rugby League's most prolific try scorers of his era. He is one of a select few players to have scored more than a try a game in a season of football in Australia.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1980 New Year Honours for service to sport.[3]
Playing career
In his first season with Balmain, he was the League's top try-scorer. At the end of his debut season with Balmain in
Great Britain Lions at Lang Park in Brisbane with the Kangaroos winning 35–0. He played in the first two games of the series for his only test appearances, scoring a try on debut at Lang Park. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Corowa was considered during his time with Balmain to be 'the fastest player in the game' not only in Australia but the rest of the rugby league world. Larry Corowa is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 516.[4]
After retiring from First Grade league following the
1983 season, Corowa moved to the Gold Coast and became involved with the Gold Coast Seagulls. In 1991
, at the age of 34 and after eight years in retirement, he played two games for the Seagulls, scoring a single try to take his overall tally to 65 tries from 100 games before retiring permanently.
Post-playing
In 2003, Corowa was one of 19 players named in the Balmain Tigers Team of the Century. The Larry Corowa Shield is awarded to the winner of the Wests Tigers - Gold Coast Titans pre-season trial match.[5] The inaugural match, played in 2008, was won by the Titans.[6] Corowa retains a strong involvement with Indigenous Rugby League and has been an Australia Day Ambassador.
References
- ^ NRL Stats[permanent dead link]
- ^ RLP
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 48041". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1979. p. 8.
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 55
- ^ Steve Ricketts (11 February 2008). "Bennett checks rising stars". Courier Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ^ "Titans hammer Wests at home". News.com.au. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
- Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.