He starred in the unbeaten Australian Schoolboy Tour of England in 1979 before being a member of the premiership winning St. George Dragons Presidents Cup team in 1981.
He was then graded by St George in 1982 as an import (there was a local junior/import rule at the time with each club being limited to a number of imported players) Noke, took a risk doing this as one more year in the local junior's competition would have given him local junior status.
He would then not have been included in the limited number of imported players a club could have at the time, he really had to back his ability to do this with many other imported forwards at the club experienced NSW & Australian representatives.
A talented ball-player with a good kicking game, Noke played in the Dragons' 1985 Grand Final loss to Canterbury. In the same season, he won the Dally M second rower of the year, but his career did not take off as expected when he went to the Broncos upon their inception into the NSWRL premiership. His return to Sydney, with seasons at Souths and Wests was similarly unsuccessful.
Noke captain-coached Turvey Park to the 1993 Group 9 Premiership.[2][3]
Referencesedit
^"Billy Noke – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
^Govorcin, Damir. "Scott's hat-trick clinches victory". Rugby League Week (22/09/1993). Sydney: Bauer Media Group.
^"Group 9". NSW Country Rugby League Annual Report (1993). Sydney: NSW Country Rugby League.
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billy, noke, australian, former, professional, rugby, league, footballer, played, george, dragons, brisbane, broncos, south, sydney, rabbitohs, western, suburbs, magpies, played, primarily, back, cousin, kyle, noke, personal, informationfull, nameborn, 1963, o. Billy Noke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the St George Dragons Brisbane Broncos South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Western Suburbs Magpies He played primarily in the back row He is the cousin of Kyle Noke Billy NokePersonal informationFull nameBilly NokeBorn 1963 10 06 6 October 1963 age 60 Dubbo New South Wales AustraliaPlaying informationPositionSecond rowClub Years Team Pld T G FG P 1982 87 St George Dragons 67 6 12 0 48 1988 Brisbane Broncos 16 3 0 0 12 1989 90 St George Dragons 22 0 1 0 2 1991 South Sydney 6 0 0 0 0 1992 Western Suburbs 3 0 0 0 0 Total 114 9 13 0 62Source 1 As of 31 January 2019Career editHe starred in the unbeaten Australian Schoolboy Tour of England in 1979 before being a member of the premiership winning St George Dragons Presidents Cup team in 1981 He was then graded by St George in 1982 as an import there was a local junior import rule at the time with each club being limited to a number of imported players Noke took a risk doing this as one more year in the local junior s competition would have given him local junior status He would then not have been included in the limited number of imported players a club could have at the time he really had to back his ability to do this with many other imported forwards at the club experienced NSW amp Australian representatives A talented ball player with a good kicking game Noke played in the Dragons 1985 Grand Final loss to Canterbury In the same season he won the Dally M second rower of the year but his career did not take off as expected when he went to the Broncos upon their inception into the NSWRL premiership His return to Sydney with seasons at Souths and Wests was similarly unsuccessful Noke captain coached Turvey Park to the 1993 Group 9 Premiership 2 3 References edit Billy Noke Career Stats amp Summary Rugby League Project Rugby League Project Govorcin Damir Scott s hat trick clinches victory Rugby League Week 22 09 1993 Sydney Bauer Media Group Group 9 NSW Country Rugby League Annual Report 1993 Sydney NSW Country Rugby League nbsp This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1960s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Billy Noke amp oldid 1198786693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
