Norm Potter
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Norm Potter was a Australia
n rugby league
player from 1918 through to 1927. A Queensland state and Australian international representative front-row forward, he was one of Queensland's early stalwart star players making forty-four state appearances in an unbroken representative career between 1918 and 1927.
Brisbane. In 1918 he was selected and captained the first post-WWI Queensland state side. He toured New Zealand with the Australian representative side in 1919 making a sole Test appearance. He would go on to make six further Test appearances, playing at front-row in all three Tests of both the 1920 and the 1924 domestic Ashes series against Great Britain
. He made the 1921-22 Kangaroo tour
of Great Britain playing in ten tour matches but he was kept out of the Test line-ups by the front-row pairing of Clarrie Prentice
and Bill Schultz.
In 1922 he was captain of the first ever Queensland side to beat New South Wales in the annual interstate series. After retiring as a player he became a first-grade coach in the Brisbane competition.
Australia
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n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player from 1918 through to 1927. A Queensland state and Australian international representative front-row forward, he was one of Queensland's early stalwart star players making forty-four state appearances in an unbroken representative career between 1918 and 1927.
Career
Potter's early club career was with WestsWests Panthers
The Western Suburbs Panthers, often simply referred to as Wests, are a rugby league club from Brisbane, Australia. The Club is the oldest in the QRL and despite absences from the top grade in recent years and several name changes the club continued to operate...
Brisbane. In 1918 he was selected and captained the first post-WWI Queensland state side. He toured New Zealand with the Australian representative side in 1919 making a sole Test appearance. He would go on to make six further Test appearances, playing at front-row in all three Tests of both the 1920 and the 1924 domestic Ashes series against Great Britain
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....
. He made the 1921-22 Kangaroo tour
Kangaroo Tour
Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France. The first Kangaroo Tour was in 1908. Traditionally, Kangaroo Tours took place every four years and involved a three-Test Ashes series against Great Britain and a number of tour matches...
of Great Britain playing in ten tour matches but he was kept out of the Test line-ups by the front-row pairing of Clarrie Prentice
Clarrie Prentice
Clarence Warwick Prentice was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international...
and Bill Schultz.
In 1922 he was captain of the first ever Queensland side to beat New South Wales in the annual interstate series. After retiring as a player he became a first-grade coach in the Brisbane competition.