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Ziggy Niszczot

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Ziggy Niszczot
Personal information
Born (1955-09-01) 1 September 1955 (age 69)
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Norths (Newcastle)
1980–84 South Sydney 114 39 0 0 129
Total 114 39 0 0 129
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1982 New South Wales 2 2 0 0 6
Source: [1][2][3]

Zbigniew "Ziggy" Niszczot (born 1 September 1955) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He was a powerful, hard running wing or centre.

Playing career

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Originally from Maitland, New South Wales, Niszczot played for North Newcastle before signing with South Sydney in 1980. Niszczot captained the Rabbitohs in the early 1980s.

Niszczot was selected for New South Wales for Games I and II of the 1982 State of Origin series against Queensland, scoring two tries in Game I to inspire a 20–16 win at Lang Park.[4]

References

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  1. ^ NRL Stats
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 78. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
  4. ^ "Classic State of Origin III's". Fox Sports News (Australia). 1 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.

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