Wally Fullerton Smith
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Wally Fullerton Smith is an Australian former rugby league
footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative back-rower, he played club football in Queensland, France, England and New South Wales.
, spent four months in France with the Tonneins
club in 1982-83 before using the State of Origin
stage to force his way into the Australian side against New Zealand in 1983. A rugged, no-nonsense back-rower, Fullerton Smith played in the last two Tests against Great Britain in 1984 before joining English club Leeds in the 1984-85 off-season.
He toured New Zealand again in 1985 and was named man-of-the-match in the third game of that year's State of Origin series. After signing with St George in 1987, his rep career continued with three Test appearances against Great Britain and the one-off Test against Papua New Guinea in 1988. The match against Rest of the World that year proved to be his last for Australia although his Sydney career continued until the end of the 1992 season.
Fullerton Smith then set off for the Cote de Azur to play with cannes in the French national League. Cannes won their respective competition in the 1992/1993 competition.
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...
footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative back-rower, he played club football in Queensland, France, England and New South Wales.
Biography
The Redcliffe forward, originally from Roma, QueenslandRoma, Queensland
Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways...
, spent four months in France with the Tonneins
Tonneins
Tonneins is a town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of south-western France. It stands above the river Garonne between Marmande to the west and Agen to the east and is the first major town below the confluence of the two rivers the Lot and the Garonne after which the department is named. Until...
club in 1982-83 before using the State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
stage to force his way into the Australian side against New Zealand in 1983. A rugged, no-nonsense back-rower, Fullerton Smith played in the last two Tests against Great Britain in 1984 before joining English club Leeds in the 1984-85 off-season.
He toured New Zealand again in 1985 and was named man-of-the-match in the third game of that year's State of Origin series. After signing with St George in 1987, his rep career continued with three Test appearances against Great Britain and the one-off Test against Papua New Guinea in 1988. The match against Rest of the World that year proved to be his last for Australia although his Sydney career continued until the end of the 1992 season.
Fullerton Smith then set off for the Cote de Azur to play with cannes in the French national League. Cannes won their respective competition in the 1992/1993 competition.