Rex Terp (born 13 March 1970) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
footballer who played for
St. George and
Illawarra Steelers
The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On the 13th of December 1980, they ...
. He played his football in the backline, as a centre and winger.
Playing career
Terp, who comes from the New South Wales town of
Wauchope, spent a season in England playing for
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
in 1989/90, before embarking on a career in the NSWRL.
[Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ]
From 1991 to 1994 he played first-grade for the
St. George Dragons
The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until th ...
and was on the bench for the club's 1992 and 1993 grand final losses to
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
.
He played for Illawarra in the
1995 ARL season
The 1995 ARL premiership was the 88th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby League following the hand-over of the Premiership's administration by the New South Wales Rugby Lea ...
, before suffering a knee injury which restricted him to three first-grade appearances.
During his time in the NSWRL/ARL he continued to work as a postman, the job he had held in Wauchope.
References
External links
Rex Terpat Rugby League project
1970 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Illawarra Steelers players
Leeds Rhinos players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league players from Wauchope, New South Wales
Rugby league wingers
St. George Dragons players
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