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First Grade Debutants

Over the years St Marys Rugby League Club have had 41 players who have come through the Junior League system to go on to become well established first grade players in various clubs in NSW and Queensland . Players like Peter Wallace, Mark Geyer and John Cartwright went on to represent NSW in the State of Origin series which resulted in both Mark and John being selected in the Australian Kangaroos team to tour Great Britain shortly after.

Tony and Frank Pulatua played junior football for St Marys but were still eligible to play for New Zealand even though they were Australian residence.

You can go on and on about who were the best players of their era and never come to agreement, in saying that there were many characters who deserve mentioning, Lance Thompson the first half to come out of St Marys to play for Parramatta, Rolf Trudgett who went on to play with Parrramatta 1st Grade from 1947 to 1950 and then went on to Captain Coach Oberon and play against the touring French side. Ray Blacklock played first grade for 3 different clubs Penrith, Newtown and Canberra, John Cartwright played for Penrith, NSW and Australia and eventually took up the First Grade coaching position at the Titans in their inaugural year, and of course there was the larrikin Mark Geyer who played for Penrith, Balmain, NSW and Australia and has now taken up a position in the media to finish up a wonderful and colourful career.

Players to play first grade from St Marys include... Darren South (St George), Anthony Xuereb (Penrith), Troy Cassell (Canterbury), Dave & Mick Cartwright (Penrith), Luke Swain (Penrith), Shane Elford (Penrith, Wests Tigers), Frank Puletua (Penrith, South Sydney) Michael Jennings (Penrith) Peter Wallace - pictured below (Penrith), Tim Grant (Penrith) and Geoff Daniela (Penrith).


Peter Wallace	Peter Wallace

Local Junior Players who have gone on to play Representative or First Grade Football.

Debutant Year	Players Names	Clubs	Total First Grade Games
1945	Gersbach Keith	Canterbury - Parramatta	41
1947	Trudgett Rolph	Parramatta	54
1947	Wedesweiler Tom	Parramatta	13
1950	Thompson Lance	Parramatta	69
1957	Wadling Len	Parramatta - Manly	34
1959	Caines Harry	Parramatta	13
1960	Armstrong Kevin	Parramatta	2
1964	Cox John	Parramatta	6
1968	Stcherbina Boris	Penrith	3
1971	Stapely John	Penrith	2
1976	Waugh Brad	Penrith	76
1976	Blacklock Ray	Penrith - Newtown - Canberra	84
1977	Cook Richard	Penrith - Canberra	13
1977	Broderick Pat	Penrith	14
1977	Kelly Mick	Penrith	38
1979	Armistead Tim	Penrith	9
1980	Cartwright Dave	Penrith	5
1980	Jury Ken	Penrith	1
1981	Spurr Ray	Penrith	3
1982	Waugh Graham	Canberra	5
1982	Brennan Mark	Canterbury	3
1983	Connor Craig	Penrith	81
1985	Cartwright John	Penrith (NSW & Australia)	152
1987	Geyer Mark	Penrith – Balmain (NSW & Australia)	105
1988	Walker Barry	Penrith	80
1989	South Darren	St George	30
1990	Felstead Sean	Penrith	1
1991	Xuerub Anthony	Penrith - Wests	34
1991	Cassell Troy	Canterbury - Penrith	38
1992	Farrar Danny	Penrith	37
1994	Cartwright Mick	Penrith	1
1997	Puletua Tony	Penrith	Current Player
1997	Miles Robert	Easts - Northern Eagles – West Tigers	133
1998	Puletua Frank	Penrith	Current Player
1998	Elford Shane	Penrith - Wests	Current Player
2003	Swain Luke	Penrith - Titans	Current Player
2005	Wallace Peter	Penrith – Broncos (State of Origin 2008)	Current Player
2007	Niumalli John	Penrith	Current Player
2007	Jennings Michael	Penrith	Current Player
2007	Daniella Jeffery	Penrith	Current Player
2007	Grant Timothy	Penrith	Current Player
2008	Danial Penese	Penrith	Current Player
2008	William Isa	Penrith	Current Player

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