Veivers' father, Jack Veivers, played rugby league for Souths Brisbane and Queensland; his cousin Mick Veivers represented the Australia in the 1960s, and his cousin, Tom Veivers, played Test cricket for Australia.
Greg's brother Phil played 400 first grade rugby league games in England in the 1980s for St Helens R.F.C. and later coached Huddersfield and Bradford. Their sister Trish married Australian rugby league identity Wayne Bennett, the former national, state and multiple-premiership winning coach.
After playing rugby at school in Toowoomba, Greg Veivers was graded in rugby league by the Souths Brisbane Colts side in 1967 and made his first grade début in 1968. He played his entire first grade career with the club.
Veivers also had a spell playing in England for Huddersfield alongside fellow Queenslander and future brother-in-law Wayne Bennett.[3]
Rugby league careeredit
Veivers was selected as a reserve for Queensland in the first interstate match against NSW in 1970. In those days before State of Origin the many Queensland stars who headed south to Sydney club football then had to give up representative honours for their home state. Veivers remained true to Queensland and was a mainstay of the side for the next eight years representing on 16 occasions. He became Queensland captain in 1974.
He was selected for Australia for the 1975 World Series competition and he played in sides captained by Graeme Langlands, John Brass and Arthur Beetson. In 1977 a World Series was hosted by Australia and New Zealand against Great Britain and France. Veivers was honoured with selection as captain for Australia's 27–12 win against New Zealand.
Veivers played for Queensland in 1978 but didn't represent for his country again. A blood clot suffered in a midweek game in 1975 recurred in 1979 and he retired.
Subsequent careeredit
Veivers had an insurance business in Brisbane. He was a member of the Queensland Coaching and Development panel for 10 years and a selector in the mid 90s for the Queensland Super League team.
Matches playededit
Team
Matches
Years
Souths Brisbane
unknown
1968–1979
Queensland
16
1970–1978
Australia (World Cup)
7
1975–1977
Footnotesedit
^ ab"World Series". Rugby League Week. Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Rugby League Week Pty Ltd (1975–1976): 85.
greg, veivers, born, september, 1949, australian, former, rugby, league, footballer, captained, australia, rugby, league, world, match, 1977, represented, australia, seven, world, matches, from, 1975, 1977, front, rower, regular, queensland, state, representat. Greg Veivers born 22 September 1949 is an Australian former rugby league footballer who captained Australia in a Rugby League World Cup match in 1977 He represented Australia in seven World Cup matches from 1975 and 1977 He was a front rower and a regular Queensland state representative from 1970 to 1978 Greg VeiversPersonal informationFull nameGregory VeiversBorn 1949 09 22 22 September 1949 age 74 Beaudesert QueenslandPlaying informationHeight183 cm 6 ft 0 in 1 Weight93 kg 14 st 9 lb 1 PositionPropClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1968 79 Souths Brisbane 1972 7 HuddersfieldTotal 0 0 0 0 0RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1978 83 Queensland 18 61975 77 Australia 7 1 0 0 3Source 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Early life and sporting family 3 Rugby league career 4 Subsequent career 5 Matches played 6 Footnotes 7 SourcesBackground editVeivers was born in Beaudesert Queensland Australia Early life and sporting family editVeivers father Jack Veivers played rugby league for Souths Brisbane and Queensland his cousin Mick Veivers represented the Australia in the 1960s and his cousin Tom Veivers played Test cricket for Australia Greg s brother Phil played 400 first grade rugby league games in England in the 1980s for St Helens R F C and later coached Huddersfield and Bradford Their sister Trish married Australian rugby league identity Wayne Bennett the former national state and multiple premiership winning coach After playing rugby at school in Toowoomba Greg Veivers was graded in rugby league by the Souths Brisbane Colts side in 1967 and made his first grade debut in 1968 He played his entire first grade career with the club Veivers also had a spell playing in England for Huddersfield alongside fellow Queenslander and future brother in law Wayne Bennett 3 Rugby league career editVeivers was selected as a reserve for Queensland in the first interstate match against NSW in 1970 In those days before State of Origin the many Queensland stars who headed south to Sydney club football then had to give up representative honours for their home state Veivers remained true to Queensland and was a mainstay of the side for the next eight years representing on 16 occasions He became Queensland captain in 1974 He was selected for Australia for the 1975 World Series competition and he played in sides captained by Graeme Langlands John Brass and Arthur Beetson In 1977 a World Series was hosted by Australia and New Zealand against Great Britain and France Veivers was honoured with selection as captain for Australia s 27 12 win against New Zealand Veivers played for Queensland in 1978 but didn t represent for his country again A blood clot suffered in a midweek game in 1975 recurred in 1979 and he retired Subsequent career editVeivers had an insurance business in Brisbane He was a member of the Queensland Coaching and Development panel for 10 years and a selector in the mid 90s for the Queensland Super League team Matches played editTeam Matches YearsSouths Brisbane unknown 1968 1979Queensland 16 1970 1978Australia World Cup 7 1975 1977Footnotes edit a b World Series Rugby League Week Rushcutters Bay NSW Rugby League Week Pty Ltd 1975 1976 85 Rugby League Project Sports Corner Rugby League The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 10 October 1972 p 21 Retrieved 7 January 2010 Sources editWhiticker Alan 2004 Captaining the Kangaroos New Holland Sydney Queensland Representatives at qrl com auPreceded byJohn Brass Australian national rugby league captain1977 Succeeded byGreg Pierce Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greg Veivers amp oldid 1171946797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
