Fearnley was a long serving member of the NSWRFL's Eastern Suburbs team, playing 144 matches for them at a bleak period in that club's existence in two stints 1954-55 and 1957–64. Injury kept him out of the 1960 grand final, one of the few successful years Eastern Suburbs enjoyed in that period. The front rower however was selected to represent his state, New South Wales that season.[3]
It was during his 1985 tenure as Australian coach that four players - all Queenslanders in Chris Close, Mark Murray, Greg Dowling and Greg Conescu - were controversially sacked in favour of New South Wales players (Steve Ella, Des Hasler, Peter Tunks and Benny Elias), despite Australia having won the first two Tests of the three match series. Fearnley also had a frosty relationship with Australian (and Queensland) captain Wally Lewis, with Lewis claiming to close friend and fellow Maroon Paul Vautin that Fearnley seemed to be conferring on team selections with vice-captain Wayne Pearce (who was also the new NSW captain following Steve Mortimer's representative retirement) rather than Lewis himself. Lewis claimed he had found the pair privately talking over selection of the Test team in Fearnley's hotel room, though this is disputed by Pearce who claimed he was there for different reasons. Dropping the four Queenslanders backfired on Fearnley as New Zealand defeated Australia 18–0 in the final Test of the series at Carlaw Park in Auckland. It was the first time since the final Test of the 1956 Kangaroo Tour that Australia had been held scoreless in a Test match.
Queensland Rugby League Chairman, SenatorRon McAuliffe, publicly condemned the dropping of the four Queensland players from a winning Test side, saying "Its a football assassination and beyond all reasoning. And there can be no reasonable excuse for it".
The NZ tour took place while the 1985 State of Origin series was still in progress. NSW had won the series for the first time, taking the first two games before the Australian team was chosen for the NZ tour. Fearnley would later claim that the Queensland players in the team were unhappy that they'd just lost the Origin series, though he later admitted he didn't handle the situation as well as he could have. In Origin game three that year played at Lang Park, one of the sacked players, Maroons prop Greg Dowling, aimed a tirade of abuse at Fearnley from the sidelines after a Queensland try. The Maroons went on to win the dead rubber game 20–6. NSW captain Steve Mortimer, who announced his representative retirement following the Blues win in game II at the Sydney Cricket Ground, later regretted his decision. After clearly out-playing Maroons half Mark Murray, he was in line for a test recall against the Kiwis and as team vice-captain he felt he could have used his personal friendship with both Fearnley and Lewis to ease tensions on the tour.
Because of the controversy surrounding the NZ tour the Australian Rugby League instituted a new rule for national coaching which prevents any current serving State of Origin coach, being the national coach.
Following his retirement as a coach, Fearnley wrote an article for Rugby League Week that was highly critical of Wally Lewis' captaincy. This gained him a rebuke from ARL officials.[5]
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Terence Colin Fearnley 21 July 1933 4 March 2015 was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach Terry FearnleyPersonal informationFull nameTerence Colin FearnleyBorn 1933 07 21 21 July 1933Sydney AustraliaDied4 March 2015 2015 03 04 aged 81 Sydney AustraliaPlaying informationPositionPropClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1954 64 Eastern Suburbs 144 7 2 0 25RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1960 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0Coaching informationClubYears Team Gms W D L W 1976 79 Parramatta 101 68 4 29 671982 Western Suburbs 27 16 0 11 591983 84 Cronulla Sutherland 50 22 1 27 441988 Illawarra Steelers 22 6 1 15 27Total 200 112 6 82 56RepresentativeYears Team Gms W D L W 1977 85 NSW City Firsts 2 2 0 0 1001977 85 New South Wales 5 4 0 1 801977 85 Australia 12 10 0 2 83Source 1 2 Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2 1 Selection controversy 2 2 Death 3 ReferencesPlaying career EditFearnley was a long serving member of the NSWRFL s Eastern Suburbs team playing 144 matches for them at a bleak period in that club s existence in two stints 1954 55 and 1957 64 Injury kept him out of the 1960 grand final one of the few successful years Eastern Suburbs enjoyed in that period The front rower however was selected to represent his state New South Wales that season 3 Coaching career EditFollowing his retirement from the game as a player Fearnley enjoyed a successful coaching career taking the Parramatta Eels to their first ever Grand Final in 1976 and then again in 1977 He had also been successful coach of the New South Wales rugby league team but stood down at the start of the 1978 NSWRFL season to concentrate on club football 4 Fearnley moved to coach Western Suburbs Magpies in 1982 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 1983 84 Returning to representative coaching in 1985 he became the first successful New South Wales State of Origin coach He was also selected as Australian coach for the mid season 1985 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand Fearnley moved to coach Illawarra Steelers in 1988 Selection controversy Edit It was during his 1985 tenure as Australian coach that four players all Queenslanders in Chris Close Mark Murray Greg Dowling and Greg Conescu were controversially sacked in favour of New South Wales players Steve Ella Des Hasler Peter Tunks and Benny Elias despite Australia having won the first two Tests of the three match series Fearnley also had a frosty relationship with Australian and Queensland captain Wally Lewis with Lewis claiming to close friend and fellow Maroon Paul Vautin that Fearnley seemed to be conferring on team selections with vice captain Wayne Pearce who was also the new NSW captain following Steve Mortimer s representative retirement rather than Lewis himself Lewis claimed he had found the pair privately talking over selection of the Test team in Fearnley s hotel room though this is disputed by Pearce who claimed he was there for different reasons Dropping the four Queenslanders backfired on Fearnley as New Zealand defeated Australia 18 0 in the final Test of the series at Carlaw Park in Auckland It was the first time since the final Test of the 1956 Kangaroo Tour that Australia had been held scoreless in a Test match Queensland Rugby League Chairman Senator Ron McAuliffe publicly condemned the dropping of the four Queensland players from a winning Test side saying Its a football assassination and beyond all reasoning And there can be no reasonable excuse for it The NZ tour took place while the 1985 State of Origin series was still in progress NSW had won the series for the first time taking the first two games before the Australian team was chosen for the NZ tour Fearnley would later claim that the Queensland players in the team were unhappy that they d just lost the Origin series though he later admitted he didn t handle the situation as well as he could have In Origin game three that year played at Lang Park one of the sacked players Maroons prop Greg Dowling aimed a tirade of abuse at Fearnley from the sidelines after a Queensland try The Maroons went on to win the dead rubber game 20 6 NSW captain Steve Mortimer who announced his representative retirement following the Blues win in game II at the Sydney Cricket Ground later regretted his decision After clearly out playing Maroons half Mark Murray he was in line for a test recall against the Kiwis and as team vice captain he felt he could have used his personal friendship with both Fearnley and Lewis to ease tensions on the tour Because of the controversy surrounding the NZ tour the Australian Rugby League instituted a new rule for national coaching which prevents any current serving State of Origin coach being the national coach Following his retirement as a coach Fearnley wrote an article for Rugby League Week that was highly critical of Wally Lewis captaincy This gained him a rebuke from ARL officials 5 Death Edit Fearnley died from cancer on 4 March 2015 6 References Edit Whiticker Hudson RLP Alan Whitaker amp Glen Hudson The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players Gary Allen Press Australia 1995 ISBN 1 87516957 1 Representative coach The Sun Herald 19 March 1978 Retrieved 19 June 2011 Tait Paul 28 February 1986 Now Abbot attacks Fearnley The Sydney Morning Herald Australia p 31 Retrieved 21 April 2010 Lane Daniel 4 March 2015 Vale Terry Fearnley a man s man and gentleman until the end Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 4 March 2015 The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League players Alan Whiticker amp Glen HudsonSporting positionsPreceded byBrian Smith1984 1987 Coach Illawarra Steelers1988 Succeeded byRon Hilditch1989 1990Preceded byFrank Stanton1984 Coach Australia1985 Succeeded byDon Furner1986 1988Preceded byGreg Pierce1981 1982 Coach Cronulla1983 1984 Succeeded byJack Gibson1985 1987Preceded byRoy Masters1978 1981 Coach Western Suburbs1982 Succeeded byLen Stacker1983Preceded byFrank Stanton1984 Coach New South Wales1977 1985 Succeeded byRon Willey1986 1987Preceded byGraeme Langlands1973 1975 Coach Australia1977 Succeeded byFrank Stanton1978 1982Preceded byNorm Provan1979 Coach Parramatta1976 1979 Succeeded byJohn Peard1980 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Terry Fearnley amp oldid 1152322763, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
