Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Clayton Ivan Friend
- Born
- Thursday, 22nd March, 1962
- Current Age
- 62 years and 55 days
- Place Of Birth
- Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Known Family Links
- Cousin
- Dean Bell
Biography
Friend, who made his debut for NZ in 1982 and played in two upset wins over Australia (1985 and 1987), joined Norths in 1986 and was second runner-up in the 'Dally M' Awards the following year. He seemed to lose his way in the early 1990s; cut from Norths, he played for Ryde-Eastwood in the Metropolitan Cup and Carlisle in England before returning to Auckland. In a stunning comeback in 1991, he was selected as a reserve for the Test series against Australia and had a great game in the Kiwi's shock First Test win when he came on to replace Gary Freeman. Friend later returned to England to play for Whitehaven (1992-95).
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Tour Matches | New Zealand | 18 | 4 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 77.78% | List | |||
English Championship | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | ||||
Lancashire Cup | 9 | 4 | - | - | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 44.44% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
UK Second Division | 110 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 180 | 58 | 46 | 6 | 52.73% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | 6 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Test Series | 16 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
World Cup | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 68 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 3 | 39.71% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
UK Third Division | 21 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
New Zealand | 1982-85, 1987-89, 1991 | 24 | 7 | - | - | 27 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
New Zealand | 1982-1991 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Auckland | 1984-85 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
North Sydney | NSWRL 1986 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRL 1987 | 23 | 4 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | - | 18 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 43.48% | List |
North Sydney | NSWRL 1988 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 41.18% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRL 1989 | 12 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 16.67% | List | |||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
North Sydney | 1986-89 | 68 | 8 | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | 2 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 3 | 39.71% | List |
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Carlisle | 1982/83 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 20.00% | List | |||
Carlisle | 1983/84 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Carlisle | 1990/91 | 30 | 5 | - | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 53.33% | List | |||
Carlisle | 1991/92 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 40.00% | List | |||
Carlisle | 1992/93 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1992/93 | 23 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 65.22% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1993/94 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 51.61% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1994/95 | 34 | 18 | - | 3 | 75 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 67.65% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Carlisle | 1982-83, 1990-92 | 84 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 111 | 33 | 47 | 4 | 39.29% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1992-94 | 88 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 167 | 54 | 31 | 3 | 61.36% | List | |||
Overall | 1982-1995 | 172 | 66 | 3 | 11 | 278 | 87 | 78 | 7 | 50.58% | List |
Contributions:
AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)
Your Say
08/07/2022
Brilliant laal player used to love watching Clayton and Reg Dunn at Whitehaven!
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