Ricky Walford

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Ricky Walford
fullname = Ricky Walford


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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|12|8|df=yes
placeofbirth = Walgett, NSW
countryofbirth = Australia
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weight =
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club1 = Easts
year1start = 1982
year1end = 1983
appearances1 = 13
tries1 = 4
goals1 = 6
fieldgoals1 = 0
points1 = 24
club2 = Norths
year2start = 1984
year2end =
appearances2 = 10
tries2 = 8
goals2 = 21
fieldgoals2 = 0
points2 = 74
club3 = St. George
year3start = 1985
year3end = 1996
appearances3 = 207
tries3 = 104
goals3 = 229
fieldgoals3 = 0
points3 = 874
teamB = Country Origin
yearBstart = 1989
yearBend = 1990
appearancesB = 2
triesB =
goalsB =
fieldgoalsB =
pointsB = 2
teamC = New South Wales
yearCstart = 1990
yearCend =
appearancesC = 1
triesC =
goalsC =
fieldgoalsC =
pointsC = 1
source = [http://203.166.101.37/NRL08/playercareer.asp?lplayer=8356 NRL Stats]

Ricky Walford (born 8 December, 1963 [cite book|author=Gary Lester (editor)|title=The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983|year=1983|publisher= "John Fairfax Marketing"|location=Sydney, New South Wales|isbn=0909558833|pages=page 40] ) is an Australian former professional rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters, North Sydney Bears and the St. George Dragons. He was a classy goal-kicking winger.

Club career

Walford was selected from Walgett, New South Wales as an Australian schoolboy representative and toured to New Zealand in 1981. [cite web|publisher="Sporting Pulse"|title=Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424 |accessdate=2008-10-10]

He made ten appearances for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1982 and 1983 and played for North Sydney in 1984.

Walford joined the St. George Dragons in 1985 and in an 11 year career with the club played 207 games. He played in the 1992 and 1993 Grand Final losses to the Brisbane Broncos.

Walford was the NSWRL season 1989's leading point scorer. His 874 career points for St George stood in second place behind Graeme Langlands on the club's all time highest score tally. He retired from the Dragons at the end of the 1995 season but made himself available to play in the 1996 season during the troubles of the Super League war.

Representative career

Whilst playing with St. George, Walford was selected for Country Origin and NSW Origin. He played in the first game of the 1990 Origin series. He also represented for an Australian Aboriginal side on a tour of Tonga in 1990.

Walford is now Indigenous Development Manager at the Australian Rugby League [cite web | title=National Indigenous Sport Development Program | url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/isp/nisdprl.asp | accessdate=2007-08-28 ] .

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