Les Cowie was an Australian rugby league player, a fine lock forward for the champion South Sydney Rabbitohs teams of the 1950s and an Australian national representative. The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league
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Club career
Nicknamed "Chicka", Cowie debuted with Souths in 1947. Cowie's career with South Sydney stretched from 1947 to 1957, during which he played in five premiership winning teams. In all he played 178 first grade games for Souths.
In 2004 he was named by the Souths in their South Sydney Dream Team,[1], consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004. The 1908 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the inaugural season of Australia 's first Rugby league football competition which was based in The year 2004 's National Rugby League season was the 97th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the
Representative career
Cowie made six Test appearances for the Australian national representative side.
He toured with the Kangaroos to Great Britain in 1948-49, playing 20 tour matches and scoring 10 tries. He also toured New Zealand with the Kangaroos in 1949 playing in two tests against the Kiwis, six other tour matches and scoring five tries. The New Zealand national rugby league side represents New Zealand in the sport of Rugby league.
Cowie also played 10 games for NSW.
Sources
- Andrews, Malcolm. The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books, 2006.
Footnotes
- ^ South Sydney Dream Team from the official South Sydney website.
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