Wally John Fullerton-Smith (born 9 July 1960) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
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footballer who played in 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.
The Redcliffe forward, originally from
Roma, Queensland
Roma is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Maranoa Region. The town was incorporated in 1867 and is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen (née di Roma), the wife of Sir ...
, spent four months in France with the Tonneins club in 1982-83 before using the
State of Origin
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stage to force his way into the Australian side against New Zealand in 1983. 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 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 ...
in 1987, he was a member of the Dragons team that won the
1988 Panasonic Cup
The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL and Papua New Guinea.
A total ...
. His rep career continued with three Test appearances against Great Britain in 1988. On 20 July 1988 Fullerton Smith played for Australia in their record 62-point win over
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, scoring a
try
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Music Albums
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