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Lamb, Terry; 1st Grade No: 757
Topic Started: Feb 5 2007, 11:22 PM (2,872 Views)
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Western Suburbs Magpies Career

Lamb was a non-playing reserve for the Canterbury Third Grade side in 1979 and was hopeful of a contract with his junior side in 1980. Lamb was told the best he could hope for was a position in the Presidents Cup (Under 21's) side. Lamb believed he could make grade and backed himself when Wests gave him the opportunity. Lamb impressed in the trials to win himself a contract, however he started off in Third Grade where he played six matches. Lamb only played one Reserve Grade match where he was called up to play halfback in the Amco Cup. Lamb was Man of the Match and first grade selection was assured.

On the 25th May 1980, Lamb made his first grade premiership debut for Wests against Balmain Tigers at Lidcombe Oval. Lamb scored two tries in the Magpies fantastic 25-12 victory. Lamb scored 14 tries in his debut season and was edged out for the innagural Dally M Rookie of the Year award by team-mate Jim Leis who would go on the Australian 1980 Tour of New Zealand. Lamb formed a great scrumbase combination that season with Alan Neil (brother of Michael Neil) and Lamb showed hope to Wests fans that life after Tom Raudonikis would be good.

Lamb's form in the early stages of the 1981 season was outstanding and won him selection in the NSW State of Origin side. Lamb was called in at the last moment for Mick Pattison and only arrived in Brisbane on the day of the match with no NSW officials to greet him at the airport in what was his first trip outside the state. The 19-year-old Lamb equitted himself well despite the brutal mauling he copped from Wally Lewis with Queensland coming back to win 22-15.

The 1982 season was a successful one for Wests and Lamb but he was to miss out on State of Origin selection with the selectors preferring Alan Thompson and Brett Kenny. Lamb's end of season form caught the eyes of the Australian selectors and he was selected for the 1982 Kangaroo Tour. Lamb ruled himself out of the tour as he already planned to marry his partner Kim. Australia swept all before them on the tour going through undefeated for the first time but for Lamb it turned out to be a good decision on a personal and long lasting level. The Lamb's have since had four children and the 1982 decision wasn't the first time Lamb would put his family before representative honours.

Lamb's final season with Wests was in 1983 where the Magpies won the dreaded Wooden Spoon prize. Lamb paid the penalty for putting family before the Kangaroos when he was ignored by NSW selectors for the State of Origin series despite the Blues depth being tested. Despite Wests standing on the table, Lamb's form was such that he won the Dally M Player of the Year award. His prize winnings of $9,000 that night was $500 more than his contract that season. Lamb was the most consistent player in the Sydney Premiership but was the poorest paid. Lamb was on a contract of $17,000, which didn't compare to other players in Sydney at the time and it was slashed in half due to Wests poor financial situation.

When the Bulldogs made an offer to good to refuse, Lamb left for Belmore.
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Nickname Baa Baa
Position Five-Eight
Height 166cm (5' 6")
Weight 80kg (176lbs)
DOB 15th Sep 1961
Origin Sydney, NSW, Australia

Captained Bulldogs: 1984-6 , 1989-95
Rep Caps NSW(6) , Australia(7)
Other Clubs Bulldogs, Western Suburbs
Junior Club Chester Hill



Terry Lamb played 88 games for Western Suburbs between 1980 and 1983. Terry was the Dally M player of the year in 1983.

Terry joined Canterbury in 1984 to become the regular five-eight for the next 13 seasons.

Terry played for NSW and for a short period of time captained the first grade team. He captained Canterbury on 121 occasions from 1984 to 1995 which is the current record.

Terry played eight games for NSW from 1981 to 1989. He played seven Tests for Australia from 1986 to 1988.

Terry played in the Premiership winning team against Parramatta and was the competitions leading try scorer.

In 1985 he played most of the season including the Semi-Final against St George, however, missed the rest of the season due to a groin injury.

Terry started the 1986 playing his only reserve grade game but went on to be the competitions leading point scorer and played in the Grand Final against Parramatta.

Terry was selected on the Kangaroo tour and played in every game of the tour.

In 1987, Terry was the competitions leading try scorer and in 1988, played in the Premiership winning team against Balmain.

Terry continued in 1989 and 1990 as a regular first grade player and by 1990 was appointed captain. He would be captain for the next five seasons.

In 1991, Terry led a young team to the play-offs and after missing the finals in 1992, led the team to finals in 1993.

Terry became the first Canterbury player to score 100 first grade tries in 1993 and played in the Preliminary Final against Brisbane.

In 1994, Terry missed half of the season due to a broken arm but returned to lead the team to the Grand Final against Canberra.

In 1995, Terry's leadership played an important role during the unstable season. He led the Premiership winning team against Manly.

Terry returned for one more season in 1996 to close his playing career.

He became reserve grade coach in 1998 and coached the reserve grade to Premierships in 1998 and 2000 before Terry coached the Wests Tigers from 2001 to 2002.

In 2004, Terry was named captain and five-eight of the Berries to Bulldogs 70 Year Team of Champions and is ranked alongside Steve Mortimer and Les Johns as the club's greatest player.

On April 1 2007, he was inducted into the Bulldogs Ring of Champions.
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POSITION: Five-eighth

CLUBS: Western Suburbs 1980-83; Canterbury 1984-96 TESTS: 7 (1986). WORLD CUP: 1 (1988) NSW: 7 (1981-89)

For much of his career, Terry Lamb was renowned as the game's finest support player. In a sign of his longevity in club football, Lamb still holds the record for most first-grade games, making 349 appearances for Western Suburbs (88) and Canterbury (261).

Lamb played in four premiership-winning teams with Canterbury. In 1995, Lamb captained the Bulldogs to the premiership after the side qualified for ARL finals in sixth position.

His personal achievements are extensive: Daily M Player of the Year (whilst playing with wooden-spooners Wests in 1983) and also runner-up on three occasions; 1984 Rothmans Medal winner, Daily M Players' Player of the Year three times (1984, 1986 and 1995); a record seven-time recipient of the Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year award. He scored 164 tries in club football and was the leading NSWRL tryscorer in 1984 and 1987.

Putting family and club before representative football cost Lamb many state and national appearances. He ruled himself out of the 1982 Kangaroo Tour and was also unavailable in 1990. All of Lamb's seven Tests came in 1986, although he also represented Australia in the 1988 World Cup final. Remarkably, he appeared in all 20 matches on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour.

in 2004, Lamb was recognised as the heart of Canterbury with selection as five-eighth and captain of the 'best-ever' side named to celebrate the clubs 70th season.

In 2008, Terry Lamb was selected in Australia's Top 100 Greatest Rugby League Players.
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The coaching success Lamb enjoyed in the lower grades saw him land the Wests Tigers head coaching position in 2001. However, the move to first grade proved to be a 'king hit' to his future coaching ambitions. This was a disastrous period for Wests Tigers, finishing in the bottom three in both 2001 and 2002. The club was plagued by player ill-discipline and suffered the embarrassment of the infamous finger-poking incident. Wests Tigers decided to revamp their coaching structure and replaced Lamb with Tim Sheens in 2003.
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