Rupert John "Jack" Rayner - South Sydney Player Report

Second Row

FG Player - 340

Rayner came to the club on the recommendation of Eric Lewis, a staunch Souths clubman and 1937-38 Kangaroo, who spotted him playing for the Army while serving in New Guinea during the war. Rayner promised Lewis that if they survived the war he would come to Souths.

Representative Qualification
NSW Country

South Sydney First Grade Debut
1946 Rd01 v Newtown (25y 2d)

Previous Clubs
Lismore (Schoolboys)
Military Service (1941-45)

Date of Birth
11th April 1921 (Died - 2008)

Playing Career at South Sydney (1946-57)

First Grade
                           Premiership :         Australian Championship :                            Tour
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1946     5   5   -   -   -      -    - :                                 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1947    16  16   -  10   -      -   30 :                                 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1948     9   9   -   3   -      -    9 :                                 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1949    20  20   -   5   -      -   15 :                                 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1950    18  18   -   5   -      -   15 :                                 :   2   2   -   1   -      -    3
1951    19  19   -   5   3      -   21 :   1   1   -   -   1      -    2 :   3   3   -   3   2      -   13
1952    21  21   -   5   1      -   17 :                                 :   4   4   -   1   -      -    3
1953    19  19   -   5   4      -   23 :                                 :   1   1   -   -   2      -    4
1954    18  18   -   6   -      -   18 :                                 :   2   2   -   2   -      -    6
1955    18  18   -   4   -      -   12 :                                 :   3   3   -   2   -      -    6
1956    19  19   -  10   -      -   30 :                                 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1957    12  12   -   -   -      -    - :                                 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
 
TOTAL  194 194   -  58   8      -  190 :   1   1   -   -   1      -    2 :  17  17   -   9   4      -   35

SS FG  212 212   -  67  13      -  227 


Short Form
                    Short-Game Matches
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1946     -   -   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL    -   -   -   -   -      -    -

SS SF    -   -   -   -   -      -    -

Captaincy Record at South Sydney

South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1947 Rd08  v Eastern Suburbs

     First Grade
Year Premiership(  W- D-L      %) : Other(  W- D-L      %)
1947           9(  4- 0-5    44%) :
1948           8(  3- 1-4    38%) :
1949          20( 13- 1-6    65%) :
1950          18( 15- 0-3    83%) :     2(  2- 0-0   100%)
1951          19( 16- 1-2    84%) :     4(  3- 0-1    75%)
1952          21( 14- 0-7    67%) :     4(  4- 0-0   100%)
1953          19( 13- 1-5    68%) :     1(  0- 0-1     0%)
1954          19( 15- 1-3    79%) :     2(  2- 0-0   100%)
1955          18( 13- 0-5    72%) :     3(  3- 0-0   100%)
1956          19( 12- 1-6    63%) :     1(  1- 0-0   100%)
1957          12(  7- 0-5    58%) :     1(  1- 0-0   100%)

TOTAL        182(125- 6-51   69%) :    18( 16- 0-2    89%)

SS FG        200(140- 6-54   70%)

Suspension Record at South Sydney

Year       Grade v        Wk CHARGE
never

Player Awards

Year  Award
1953 - E.E.Christensen Player of the Year
1953 - Sunday Telegraph Star of the Year
1953 - Sunday Telegraph Captain of the Year
1955 - Sunday Telegraph Captain of the Year
1955 - Clive Churchill Medal (Grand Final Man of the Match)
1992 - Rugby League Week Top 100 (#71)
2002 - Jack Rayner Medal (South Sydney FG players player of the year) 
2011 - Rayner-Farrell Cup (South Sydney v Newtown perpertual trophy)

Representative Honours at South Sydney

Domestic                                   CvC / Interstate :                       Tourists :                          Other
                              M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
Sydney City II       1946                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   -      -    -
Probables            1946                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   -      -    -
Sydney City          1947-54  6   6   -   5   -      -   15 :  2   2   -   2   -      -    6 :
New South Wales      1947-54 12  12   -   3   -      -    9 :  6   6   -   2   -      -    6 :  1   1   -   3   -      -    9
Possibles            1951                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL                        30  30   -  15   -      -   45

International                                Internationals :                          Other
                              M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
Australia            1948-49  6   6   -   1   -      -    3 : 26  26   -   7   1      -   23
Australia XIII       1951                                   :  1   1   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL                        33  33   -   8   1      -   26

ALL REPS                     63  63   -  23   1      -   71

Captaincy          CvC/Interstate/Internationals :            Tourists :               Other 
                              M(  W- D-L      %) :  M(  W- D-L      %) :  M(  W- D-L      %)
New South Wales      1951                        :  1(  1- 0-0     0%) :
Sydney City          1953                        :                     :  1(  1- 0-0     0%)

ALL REPS                      2(  2- 0-0     0%)

Year Pos  Team                 Versus               Match         T  G/A  FG
1946 SRow Sydney City II       v NSW Country II                   -  -     -
1946 SRow Probables            v Possibles                        -  -     -

1947 SRow Sydney City          v NSW Country                      1  -     -
1947 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1947 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match     -  -     -
1947 SRow New South Wales      v The Rest                         3  -     -

1948 SRow Sydney City          v NSW Country        1st Match     -  -     -
1948 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1948 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match     1  -     -
1948 SRow New South Wales      v New Zealand        Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v New Zealand        1st Test      1  -     -
1948 Res  Australia            v New Zealand        2nd Test                 (Selected but DNP)
1948 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         3rd Match     -  -     -
1948 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v South Australia    Tour Match    1  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Belle Vue          Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Hull               Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Leigh              Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Salford            Tour Match    1  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Great Britain      1st Test      -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Cumberland         Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v St Helens          Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Drewsbury          Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Hull KR            Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Wigan              Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Leeds              Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Warrington         Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Great Britain      2nd Test      -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Bradford Nthrn     Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Swinton            Tour Match    1  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Wales              Test          -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Yorkshire          Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Lancashire         Tour Match    -  -     -
1948 SRow Australia            v Catalan            Tour Match    -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v Languedoc          Tour Match    -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v Cannes             Tour Match    -  1     -
1949 SRow Australia            v French XIII        Tour Match    3  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v Cavaillon          Tour Match    -  -     - 

1949 SRow Sydney City          v NSW Country                      -  -     -
1949 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1949 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match     2  -     -
1949      New South Wales      v Queensland         Tour Squad                     (Selected but withdrew due to work)
1949 SRow Australia            v South Auckland     Tour Match    -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v New Zealand        1st Test      -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v NZ West Coast      Tour Match    -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v NZ South Island    Tour Match    -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v NZ Maori           Tour Match    1  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v New Zealand        2nd Test      -  -     -
1949 SRow Australia            v Auckland Colts     Tour Match    -  -     -

1950 SRow Sydney City          v NSW Country                      1  -     -
1950 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1950 SRow New South Wales      v Great Britain      1st Match     -  -     -

1951 SRow Sydney City          v NSW Country                      1  -     -
1951 SRow Possibles            v Probables                        -  -     -
1951 SRow New South Wales      v France             2nd Match     -  -     - (c) W
1951 SRow Australia XIII       v France                           -  -     -

1953 SRow Sydney City          v Brisbane                         2  -     - (c) W

1954 SRow Sydney City          v NSW Country                      2  -     -
1954 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1954 SRow Sydney City          v Great Britain                    -  -     -
1954 SRow New South Wales      v Great Britain      1st Match     -  -     -
1954 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         3rd Match     -  -     -
1954 SRow New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     -  -     -
1954 SRow New South Wales      v Great Britain      2nd Match     -  -     -          (Match abandoned)
1954 SRow New South Wales      v Great Britain      3rd Match     2  -     -

Ref - SSFC / SSFC / HoS p32 / SSLC-S v2n4 p7 / EEC-54 p18 / RLH p39 / BLA-08 p36 / 101GP p302 / Wiki / RLP / BTV / SNo-1949 n6 / SL-1949 n9 / Spt-1956 n6


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