Kerry Boustead
Winger
Player Bio
- Inducted:
- 2008
- Date of Birth:
- 12 August 1959
- Birthplace:
- Innisfail, QLD
- Nickname:
- Bowie
- Debut Team:
- North Queensland
- Date:
- 29 March 1978
- Opposition:
- Gold Coast
- Venue:
- Owen Park, Southport
- Representative:
- Queensland Country, City, New South Wales, Queensland, Australia
- Clubs:
- Southern Suburbs, Innisfail, Eastern Suburbs Roosters, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Hull Kingston Rovers, North Sydney Bears
Career
Milestones
- Grand Final Appearances: 1980, 1983
- Kangaroo Tours: 1978, 1982
- Dally M Winger of the Year: 1983
- Rated No. 83 in Rugby League Week’s Top 100 players: 1992
- Named in NRL Team of the 1970s: 2005
- Named in NRL Team of the 1980s: 2004
Playing
- First Class Games
- 288
- Points
- 418
- Tries
- 124
Biography
Kerry Boustead came from a working family at Innisfail in Queensland. Small but compact and lion-hearted, he had electrifying speed. He and Eric Grothe stood out as the finest wingers of the early 1980s.
Boustead had so impressed in the 1978 interstate series that he was the only Queensland-based player in Australia's starting XIII for that season's first Test against New Zealand.
At 18 years, 316 days, he became the second youngest Australian Test cap (''Chook'' Fraser was 18 years, 301 days young when he played against England in 1911), and the youngest to play a Test for Australia on home soil. Sione Mata'utia and Israel Folau have both since beaten the mark.
Boustead scored one try on his Test debut, two tries in the second Test and another in the third.
Boustead played in all five Tests on the 1978 Kangaroo tour, before moving to Easts in Sydney. Some wondered if his size would be against him, but he played successfully not just on the wing but in a variety of positions in the backline, including in the centres in the 1980 grand final.
A member of Queensland's first Origin team, he was a regular in interstate and Test football until 1984. Boustead made a second Kangaroo tour in 1982, and then followed his Roosters' coach Bob Fulton to Manly, where he stayed until 1986.
“He’s a natural. You can’t make anyone like Kerry Boustead.”
Bob Fulton Former Manly and Easts coach
82. Kerry Boustead - Hall of Fame
Career Stats
Club Career
| Team Name | Competition | Year Start | Year End | Played | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Suburbs, Innisfail | 1977 | 1978 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Premiership | 1979 | 1982 | 80 | 32 | - | - | 96 |
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Official Pre-Season | 1979 | 1982 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Mid-Week Competitions | 1979 | 1981 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Premiership | 1983 | 1986 | 65 | 30 | - | - | 120 |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Mid-Week Competitions | 1983 | 1984 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | England First Class Games | 1986 | 1987 | 20 | 7 | - | - | 28 |
| North Sydney Bears | Premiership | 1988 | 1990 | 33 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
| North Sydney Bears | Mid-Week Competitions | 1989 | 1989 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| North Sydney Bears | Official Pre-Season | 1990 | 1990 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Representative Career
City - Country
| Team Name | Opponent | Year Start | Year End | Played | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Firsts | Country Firsts | 1979 | 1983 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 25 |
Intercity
| Team Name | Competition | Opponent | Year Start | Year End | Played | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Country | Mid-Week Competitions | 1978 | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
State
| Team Name | Competition | Opponent | Year Start | Year End | Played | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Interstate Series | Queensland | 1979 | 1981 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Queensland | Interstate Series | New South Wales | 1978 | 1978 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Queensland | State of Origin | New South Wales |
1980
1982
1984 |
1980
1982
1984 |
6 | 5 | - | - | 19 |
International
| Team Name | Competition | Year Start | Year End | Played | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Tests | 1978 | 1984 | 25 | 15 | - | - | 46 |
| Australia | Tour Matches |
1978
1980
1982 |
1978
1980
1982 |
18 | 11 | - | - | 33 |
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