Tony Paskins
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Tony Paskins was a rugby league
footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League
(NSWRL) and English
Rugby Football League
(RFL) competition as well as playing rugby union for the Randwick club in Sydney.
Paskin was recruited from Sydney’s Randwick Rugby union club by English rugby league club Workington Town
where he won a Challenge Cup
, helping his side defeat Featherstone Rovers in the final. He was a representative of Other Nations
against English national sides.
A goal
kicking Centre, Paskin returned to Australia, along with fellow Australian and Workington Town team mate Rupert Mudge
in 1955. Paskin was named captain of Eastern Suburbs
side, playing 54 matches for the club in the years (1955–58). After leaving Easts he enjoyed success with the local Oberon
side in rural New South Wales. In 1961 he was named as the captain of the NSW country representative team and the following year captain the NSW representative side Against the touring Great Britain national rugby league team
. Paskin returned to the NSWRL in 1963 where he spent a season as joint captain and coach of the Manly Sea Eagles
club.
Paskin coached the Eastern Suburbs club in the 1973 season.
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 who played in the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
(NSWRL) and English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Rugby Football League
Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...
(RFL) competition as well as playing rugby union for the Randwick club in Sydney.
Paskin was recruited from Sydney’s Randwick Rugby union club by English rugby league club Workington Town
Workington Town
Workington Town is a professional rugby league club playing in Workington in West Cumbria. They play in the Championship 1. Their stadium is called Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team....
where he won a Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
, helping his side defeat Featherstone Rovers in the final. He was a representative of Other Nations
Other Nationalities rugby league team
The Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
against English national sides.
A goal
Goal (sport)
Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface where scoring occurs....
kicking Centre, Paskin returned to Australia, along with fellow Australian and Workington Town team mate Rupert Mudge
Rupert Mudge
John "Rupert" Mudge is an Australian rugby league player. He played both rugby codes in Sydney, New South Wales as well as well as playing rugby league in England....
in 1955. Paskin was named captain of Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
side, playing 54 matches for the club in the years (1955–58). After leaving Easts he enjoyed success with the local Oberon
Oberon, New South Wales
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side in rural New South Wales. In 1961 he was named as the captain of the NSW country representative team and the following year captain the NSW representative side Against the touring Great Britain national rugby league team
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....
. Paskin returned to the NSWRL in 1963 where he spent a season as joint captain and coach of the Manly Sea Eagles
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
club.
Paskin coached the Eastern Suburbs club in the 1973 season.