John Wilshere

John Wilshere
Personal information
Born (1978-05-05) 5 May 1978
Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Position Fullback, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997 Western Reds 4 1 0 0 4
1998 Melbourne Storm 1 0 3 0 6
2003 St. George Illawarra 10 3 0 0 12
2004 Warrington Wolves 5 2 0 0 8
2005 Leigh Centurions 26 8 6 0 44
2006–09 Salford City Reds 49 22 82 0 252
Total 95 36 91 0 326
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–09 Papua New Guinea 16 5 42 0 104
Source: [1][2]

John Wilshere (born 5 May 1978) is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who left Salford City Reds at the end of the 2009 season.[1][2]

Playing career

He is a household name in Papua New Guinea, where rugby league is the national sport . He has represented his country many times and was a key player in their squad at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup in Australia.

His previous clubs include Leigh Centurions, Warrington Wolves and the National Rugby League's St George Illawarra Dragons and Melbourne Storm. He has retired from rugby league after being Salford's specialist goal-kicker.

He scored 538 points for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.[3]

He scored 358 points for the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.[4]

Representative career

He was captain of the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[5] Wilshere was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.[6]

On 7 November 2009, Wilshere announced his retirement from the Kumuls.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "NORTHS DEVILS". QRL. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Easts Tigers". QRL. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  5. ↑ "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 2008-08-01. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  6. ↑ "Kumuls named". thenational.com.pg. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Statistics a Wilshere 2680". thenational.com.pg. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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