Greg Veivers
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Full name | Gregory Veivers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Beaudesert, Queensland,Australia | 22 September 1949|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greg Veivers(born 22 September 1949) is anAustralianformerrugby leaguefootballer who captainedAustraliain aRugby League World Cupmatch in1977.He represented Australia in seven World Cup matches from 1975 and 1977. He was afront-rowerand a regularQueensland state representativefrom 1970 to 1978.
Background
[edit]Veivers was born inBeaudesert, Queensland,Australia.
Early life and sporting family
[edit]Veivers' father, Jack Veivers, played rugby league forSouths Brisbaneand Queensland; his cousinMick Veiversrepresented the Australia in the 1960s, and his cousin,Tom Veivers,played Test cricket forAustralia.
Greg's brotherPhilplayed 400 first grade rugby league games in England in the 1980s forSt Helens R.F.C.and later coached Huddersfield and Bradford. Their sister Trish married Australian rugby league identityWayne Bennett,the former national, state and multiple-premiership winning coach.
After playing rugby at school in Toowoomba, Greg Veivers was graded in rugby league by the Souths Brisbane Colts side in 1967 and made his first grade début in 1968. He played his entire first grade career with the club.
Veivers also had a spell playing in England forHuddersfieldalongside fellow Queenslander and future brother-in-lawWayne Bennett.[3]
Rugby league career
[edit]Veivers was selected as a reserve for Queensland in the first interstate match against NSW in 1970. In those days beforeState of Originthe many Queensland stars who headed south to Sydney club football then had to give up representative honours for their home state. Veivers remained true to Queensland and was a mainstay of the side for the next eight years representing on 16 occasions. He became Queensland captain in 1974.
He was selected for Australia for the 1975 World Series competition and he played in sides captained byGraeme Langlands,John BrassandArthur Beetson.In 1977 a World Series was hosted by Australia and New Zealand against Great Britain and France. Veivers was honoured with selection as captain for Australia's 27–12 win against New Zealand.
Veivers played for Queensland in 1978 but didn't represent for his country again. A blood clot suffered in a midweek game in 1975 recurred in 1979 and he retired.
Subsequent career
[edit]Veivers had an insurance business in Brisbane. He was a member of the Queensland Coaching and Development panel for 10 years and a selector in the mid 90s for the Queensland Super League team.
Matches played
[edit]Team | Matches | Years |
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Souths Brisbane | unknown | 1968–1979 |
Queensland | 16 | 1970–1978 |
Australia (World Cup) | 7 | 1975–1977 |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ab"World Series".Rugby League Week(1975–1976). Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Rugby League Week Pty Ltd: 85.
- ^Rugby League Project
- ^"Sports Corner:Rugby League".The Sydney Morning Herald.Australia. 10 October 1972. p. 21.Retrieved7 January2010.
Sources
[edit]- Whiticker, Alan (2004)Captaining the Kangaroos,New Holland, Sydney
- Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Australia national rugby league team captains
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Australian rugby league administrators
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Rugby league players from Queensland
- Rugby league props
- Souths Logan Magpies players
- Veivers family
- People from Beaudesert, Queensland