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Steve Mortimer OAM, (born July 15, 1956), nicknamed Turvey after Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, where he hailed from, is an Australian former rugby league halfback. more...

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Mortimer played a Canterbury-Bankstown club record 272 first grade games between 1976-88. Mortimer's two younger brothers Peter and Chris also played for the club. Chris played 192 first grade games between 1978-87 and Peter 190 first grade games between 1977-87.

Playing career

Early career

Spotted by Peter Moore playing for Riverina in the 1975 Amco Cup, Mortimer tore his eventual club Canterbury to pieces and was Man of the Match despite Riverina losing. 'Bullfrog' Moore when asked about Mortimer's performance ushered the words "will never play against Canterbury-Bankstown ever again," and true to Bullfrog's word he never did.

Canterbury career

Mortimer captained Canterbury to Premierships in 1984 and 1985 and was a member of the 1980 and 1988 triumphs. His performances in the 1980 and 1985 victories were vintage Mortimer. In the 1980 decider he saved three certain Eastern Suburbs tries through superb cover tackles (a great Mortimer trademark). In the 1985 Grand Final it was Mortimer's captaincy and direction that controlled Canterbury field position and possession as they buried St George into submission following a try to brother Peter Mortimer in the 29th minute. Mortimer captained Canterbury to a narrow loss in 1986 and also played in the 1979 Grand Final loss, on both occasions Mortimer was the sole reason Canterbury were in the match.

New South Wales career

He faced challenges from other great halfbacks of his era including Tommy Raudonikis, Steve Morris, Kevin Hastings and most notably Peter Sterling. Despite the presence of great halfbacks, Mortimer played 16 matches for New South Wales between 1977-85 including nine under the State of Origin banner. Mortimer captained the Blues in 1984/85 in three matches (all for victories) and was the first captain to lead New South Wales to State of Origin success. Mortimer is credited with bringing the passion into the Blues jersey and led a new wave of NSW players that would be the core of the team for many years to come including those such as Wayne Pearce, Brett Kenny, Michael O'Connor, Garry Jack, Steve Roach, Noel Cleal, Ben Elias and his brother Chris Mortimer.

Test career

Mortimer played 8 Test matches for Australia between 1981-84 where he scored two tries in his Test debut against France at the Sydney Cricket Ground with Australia winning 43-2. Also making his debut in that Test match was rugby league immortal Wally Lewis, who played outside Mortimer at five-eighth.

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