Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Paul Anthony Dunn
- Born
- Wednesday, 7th August, 1963
- Current Age
- 60 years and 283 days
- Place Of Birth
- Molong, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Biography
Paul Dunn came into Easts' President's Cup team from Bathurst in 1983 but joined C’bury as part of the Bulldogs' build-up to defend its premiership in 1986. The tall prop played in all 27 matches that year, including the historic 4-2 grand final loss to P’matta, and was selected on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour. Dunn made his Test debut as a second rower in the one-off Test against Papua New Guinea and a dislocated elbow injury to Steve Roach resulted in Dunn's selection in the final two Tests against Great Britain. He was man of the match in Australia's Third Test win and went on to play against France in two further Tests. Dunn made his State of Origin debut as a reserve in the second match in 1988 and was a standout performer in Cantebury's grand final win over Balmain, which resulted in his winning the Clive Churchill Medal. In 1991 he followed former coach Phil Gould to Penrith and his experience was seen to good effect in the Panthers' grand final success that year. The following year, though, was personally disappointing and he signed with battlers P’matta in 1993. The introduction of the interchange rule prolonged Dunn’s career for one more season – ironically, with Easts, where it all started 14 years before. Appointed the Chief Executive of the reinstituted Souths club Dunn was sacked after the club’s disappointing 2002 season.
- 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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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) | 255 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 133 | 115 | 7 | 52.16% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL Finals | 11 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Test Series | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1986, 1988 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1986, 1988 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1985-86 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Aus Presidents XIII | 1985 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1988-89 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Country | 1988-89, 1991 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1985-1991 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1984 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1985 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 45.45% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1986 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 9 | 1 | 62.96% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1987 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 0 | 47.37% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1988 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 76.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1989 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1990 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63.64% | List | |||
Penrith | NSWRL 1991 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | |||
Penrith | NSWRL 1992 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1993 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1994 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 31.82% | List | |||
Parramatta | ARL 1995 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 19 | 0 | 13.64% | List | |||
Sydney City | ARL 1996 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1984-85, 1996 | 61 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 47.54% | List | |||
Canterbury | 1986-90 | 100 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 62 | 36 | 2 | 62.00% | List | |||
Penrith | 1991-92 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 10 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Parramatta | 1993-95 | 60 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 30.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1984-1996 | 255 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 133 | 115 | 7 | 52.16% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Steven Russo, Bill Bates, Michael Borg
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Newspapers
Your Say
06/05/2012
Paul wasnt sacked by Souths he resigned
25/01/2015
The Bathurst club mentioned was Bathurst Railway, Paul played in the 1981 Group 10 Grand Final for Railway in a losing side and then made his First Grade debut in 1982.
11/10/2021
Bathurst railway won the premiership in 1981:
https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/7167989/bathurst-railway-to-celebrate-40-years-since-1981-premiership/
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