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Wayne Wigham

Personal information

Born

11 April 1958 (age 66)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Playing information

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1976–83	Balmain Tigers	135	56	0	0	169
1984	North Sydney Bears	8	3	0	0	12
1985	Western Suburbs	14	6	0	0	24
	Total	157	65	0	0	205

Source: ^[1]

Wayne Wigham (born 11 April 1958) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played most of his career at the Balmain Tigers, but he also played for the North Sydney Bears and Western Suburbs Magpies. He mostly played as a centre, but also played the occasional game on the wing.

Playing career

Wigham, a local Balmain junior from the North Ryde Hawks club, started his career with the Balmain Tigers while still in high school during the 1976 season. In 1980, despite the Tigers comfortably missing out on a finals berth, Wigham finished the 1980 season along with John Ribot of the Western Suburbs Magpies as the season's top try scorer with 16 tries. Wigham's stint with the Tigers ended at the conclusion of the 1983 season. He spent eight seasons at the Tigers, playing in 135 games and scoring 56 tries.^{[citation needed]}

In 1984, Wigham joined the North Sydney Bears, after a one-year spell at the Bears in the 1984 season, in which he made 8 appearances and scored 3 tries, Wigham left Norths at the conclusion of the 1984 season. In 1985, Wigham joined the Western Suburbs Magpies, this would be his final season of first grade. He finished his career having played 157 games, and scoring 65 tries.^[2]

References

^ Rugby League Project
^ Whiticker, Alan & Collis, Ian (2004). The History of Rugby League Clubs. New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-74110-075-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

National Rugby League season top try scorers

1908 Horrie Miller
1909 Tommy Anderson
1910 Arthur McCabe
1911 Dave Garlick
1912 Roy Algie
1913 Harold Horder
1914 Harold Horder
1915 Frank Burge
1916 Frank Burge
1917 Harold Horder
1918 Frank Burge
1919 Gordon Wright
1920 Gordon Wright
1921 Gordon Wright
1922 Cec Blinkhorn
1923 Herman Peters
1924 Tommy Kennedy
1925 Benny Wearing
1926 Benny Wearing
1927 Benny Wearing
1928 Tony Redmond
1929 Alan Brady
1930 Morrie Boyle
1931 Jack Lynch
1932 Alan Ridley
1933 Jack Gray-Spence
1934 Dave Brown, Fred Gardner & Vic Hey
1935 Dave Brown
1936 Fred Tottey
1937 Fred Tottey
1938 Don Manson
1939 Sid Goodwin
1940 Jack Lindwall
1941 Percy Dermond & Sel Lisle
1942 Jack Lindwall
1943 Cyril McMahon
1944 Sid Goodwin
1945 Chicka Cahill & Jack Snare
1946 Jack Lindwall
1947 Bob Lulham
1948 Norm Jacobson
1949 Ron Roberts
1950 Jack Troy
1951 John Graves
1952 Peter O'Brien
1953 Ian Moir
1954 Ray Preston
1955 Brian Allsop & Ian Moir
1956 Tommy Ryan
1957 Tommy Ryan
1958 Eddie Lumsden
1959 Ken Irvine
1960 Reg Gasnier
1961 Johnny King
1962 Eddie Lumsden
1963 Reg Gasnier
1964 Reg Gasnier
1965 Johnny King
1966 Ken Irvine
1967 Les Hanigan
1968 Stan Gorton
1969 Ken Irvine
1970 Ken Irvine
1971 Paul Cross
1972 Bob Fulton
1973 Bob Fulton
1974 Kevin Junee & Bill Mullins
1975 Johnny Mayes
1976 Bob Fulton
1977 Russel Gartner
1978 Larry Corowa
1979 Mitch Brennan & Tom Mooney
1980 John Ribot & Wayne Wigham
1981 Terry Fahey
1982 Steve Ella
1983 Phil Blake
1984 Terry Lamb & Steve Morris
1985 Steve Linnane
1986 Phil Blake & Garry Schofield
1987 Terry Lamb
1988 John Ferguson
1989 Gary Belcher
1990 Mal Meninga
1991 Alan McIndoe
1992 Mark Bell & Tim Brasher
1993 Noa Nadruku
1994 Steve Renouf
1995 Steven Menzies
1996 Noa Nadruku
1997 Terry Hill (ARL) Matthew Ryan (SL)
1998 Darren Smith
1999 Nathan Blacklock
2000 Nathan Blacklock
2001 Nathan Blacklock
2002 Nigel Vagana
2003 Rhys Wesser
2004 Amos Roberts
2005 Matt Bowen
2006 Nathan Merritt
2007 Matt Bowen
2008 Brett Stewart
2009 Brett Morris
2010 Shaun Kenny-Dowall & Akuila Uate
2011 Ben Barba & Nathan Merritt
2012 Ben Barba
2013 Michael Jennings, Jorge Taufua & David Williams
2014 Alex Johnston
2015 Semi Radradra
2016 Jordan Rapana & Suliasi Vunivalu
2017 Josh Addo-Carr & Suliasi Vunivalu
2018 David Fusitu'a
2019 Maika Sivo
2020 Alex Johnston
2021 Alex Johnston
2022 Alex Johnston
2023 Dominic Young
2024 Alofiana Khan-Pereira

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