Tony Armstrong (rugby league)

Tony Armstrong (born 8 July 1958) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury Bulldogs, Cronulla Sharks and the Illawarra Steelers.

Tony Armstrong
Personal information
Born (1958-07-08) 8 July 1958
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1979–81 Western Suburbs 2 0 0 0 0
1982–83 Canterbury Bulldogs 33 16 45 0 146
1984–85 Cronulla Sharks 23 9 75 0 186
1986 Illawarra Steelers 6 2 16 0 40
Total 64 27 136 0 372
Source: [1]

Rugby league career

Armstrong played as a fullback for his first club Western Suburbs, where he made two first-grade appearances. He was one of the club's best players in their 1981 reserves premiership team, scoring a try and kicking five goals from five attempts in the grand final win over Parramatta, which saw him signed up by Canterbury soon after.[2][3]

Over two seasons at Canterbury, Armstrong made a total of 33 first-grade appearances as a goal-kicking winger, three of which came in the 1983 finals series.

Armstrong joined Cronulla in 1984 and finished the home and away season as the competition's leading point-scorer. He amassed 186 points in 23 games, to edge out former Canterbury teammate Steve Gearin for the accolade.[4]

In 1986 he was signed by Illawarra and played six first-grade games before suffering a knee injury in round seven.[5]

References
  1. Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
  2. "Wests on top". The Canberra Times. 28 September 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Recruiting raid nets talent for Canberra". The Canberra Times. 30 September 1981. p. 42. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Other final-five contenders fall by the wayside Souths squeeze into play-off against Canberra Raiders". The Canberra Times. 27 August 1984. p. 24. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Referee's 'gross over-reaction' stuns Stanton Tigers forward forces judiciary to meet". The Canberra Times. 20 April 1986. p. 32. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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