Ross Conlon
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born |
29 March 1959 Murwillumbah, New South Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1981–82 | Western Suburbs | 34 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 148 |
| 1983–84 | Canterbury | 38 | 9 | 120 | 0 | 276 |
| 1985–88 | Balmain Tigers | 98 | 15 | 348 | 0 | 756 |
| 1985–86 | St. Helens | 16 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 166 |
| Total | 186 | 45 | 589 | 0 | 1346 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1984 | NSW City | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 1984 | New South Wales | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 1984 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| As of 23 May 2013 | ||||||
| Source: NRL Stats, RLP, | ||||||
Ross Conlon (born 29 March 1959 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership (NSWRL) as well as representative football for New South Wales and the Australia. He was a renowned goalkicker and described as "One of the fastest players in the game."
Conlon, a Centre who was equally at home on the Wing, was notable for his success as a goal-kicker. He developed an 'around-the-corner' sideways shuffle before moving in to strike the ball, claiming the shuffle gave him more time. Conlon credits this habit to soccer, a game he played until the age of fifteen. His goal kicking style and shuffle was later copied by Illawarra Steelers winger Rod Wishart.
Conlon played junior football with Murwillumbah. Having scored 180 points while playing in the University Cup competition for Mount St Mary in 1980, he was noticed by Wests coach, Roy Masters.
Having only played 3 under-23s matches, Conlon debuted for Wests in round 6 of the 1981 NSWRFL season, scoring a try against North Sydney. His performance in a televised match was noted, with the next days paper saying, "Tall and fast, Conlon came up with a debut match that footballers dream about. The Magpies have unearthed a dashing new find."
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