Eion Crossan (born 10 May 1967 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand former Rugby Footballer who played Rugby Union for Southland and Bay of Plenty between 1987 and 1996, and Rugby League for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks between 1992 and 1995.
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| Born | 10 May 1967 New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editRugby Union
editCrosson played for Southland and Bay of Plenty between 1987 and 1996.
He played 49 games for Southland and 28 games for Bay of Plenty[2]
He scored all 12 points (4 penalty goals) for Southland Rugby Union club, to guide them to victory over France in 1989.[3]
Rugby League
editHe played rugby league between 1992 and 1995 in the ARL competition. During this time he played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
He was well renowned as an accurate goal kicker at the time, and finished the 1992 season with a 78% kicking record, which was not far behind Daryl Halligan.[4]
During a Charity Shield game, playing for Souths, he had his nose broken by Dragons player David Barnhill.[5]
1993 saw Crossan playing reserve grade for South Sydney. In 1994 he switched to Cronulla-Sutherland and played for them until the end of the 1995 season.[6]
In the ARL, he scored a total of 324 points, including 140 goals at 70%. He also scored 11 tries.
References
edit- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Eion Crossan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Success of Stags' coaching pair no surprise to Crossan". 18 September 2007 – via Stuff.co.nz.
- ^ "'Southland boys' took on France and won". 29 May 2012 – via Stuff.co.nz.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Eion Crossan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
- ^ "It's on again at Rabbitohs and Dragons go into battle".
- ^ 1994 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season