Rex Terp (born 13 March 1970) is an Australian former professional

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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

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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

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. He played for Illawarra in the

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, 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.

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Rex Terp
at 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 {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1970s-stub