Sam Backo (born 1 January 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the 1980s and 1990s. Named as one...
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Wally Lewis (1980–1991) 31 – Billy Slater (2004–2005, 2008–2015, 2017) 29 – Sam Thaiday (2006–2017) 28 – Steve Price (1998–2000, 2002–2009) 28 – Darius Boyd...
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were visibly rattled and a minute after play resumed big Maroon prop Sam Backo crashed over to give Queensland a 10-6 lead. When Allan Langer later clinched...
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Thaiday, Sam (2018). Rise: Sam Thaiday. Ebury Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-14379-041-9. PETER BADEL (2 October 2015). "NRL Grand Final 2015: Broncos' Sam Thaiday...
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Laurie Daley 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Sam Backo 9. Mal Cochrane 10. Arthur Beetson 11. Gorden Tallis 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Cliff Lyons 14. George Green...
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and coach 1959 – Adrian Hall, English director and former actor 1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league player 1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish...
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honours, if known. Mal Meninga (1986, 1988–94) Gary Belcher (1988–91) Sam Backo (1988) Peter Jackson (1988) Bradley Clyde (1989, 1991–94) Laurie Daley...
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Irvine (1963), and unlikely try scorer, Queensland and Canberra Prop Sam Backo (1988) as the only Australian's to score a try in each test of an Ashes...
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connections of Sam (Shelley Hennig). Halston Sage as Abby Christian Navarro as Jake Chrissie Fit as Chloe Shelley Hennig as Sam Clark Backo as Kenzie Scott...
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2003 Australia Day Honours. Scott was the mother of rugby league player Sam Backo. In 2015, Scott was a resident in a care facility in Cairns. Scott died...
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their first test victory over Australia since 1978. Lewis and teammate Sam Backo also joined Ken Irvine as the only Australian players to score a try in...
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between the two sides. Andrew Ettingshausen, Peter Jackson, Tony Currie, Sam Backo, Phil Daley and Gary Belcher were selected to make their Test match debuts...
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Illawarra Steelers 55. Joe Kilroy 1988 Game 1 3 4 Brisbane Broncos 56. Sam Backo 1988 Game 1 7 12 Canberra Raiders 57. Scott Tronc 1988 Game 1 1 0 Western...
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Laurie Daley 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Sam Backo 9. Mal Cochrane 10. Arthur Beetson 11. Gorden Tallis 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Cliff Lyons 14. George Green...
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especially the game of rugby league. Australian international representatives Sam Backo, Mal Meninga, Gorden Tallis and Wendell Sailor are all members of the...
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Cronulla-Sutherland forward Dan Stains in the front row ahead of Brisbane's Sam Backo who had been struggling for form, reserve forward Gary Coyne from the...
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in the year) and Peter Jackson, hooker Steve Walters and front rowers Sam Backo and New Zealand test player (and former NZ Water Polo international) Brent...
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of New Zealand squad Wally Lewis (c) Paul Vautin (vc) Greg Alexander Sam Backo Gary Belcher Martin Bella Bradley Clyde Tony Currie Michael Hancock Des...
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Jim Sullivan (15 tests – 1924–1933) Australia Ken Irvine, 1962 and 1963 Sam Backo, 1988 Mal Meninga, 1990 Great Britain George Tyson, 1908–09 Johnny Thomas...
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well as fellow Australians Steve Ella (5/8), Allan Langer (Halfback) and Sam Backo (Prop). During the 1988–89 Rugby Football League season Lyons played at...
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Peter Jackson, Tony Currie, Michael Hancock, Des Hasler, Greg Alexander, Sam Backo, David Trewhella, Steve Roach, Bruce McGuire, Dan Stains, Paul Vautin...
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many citing his small size as a problem. According to Thurston's manager, Sam Ayoub, a number of the clubs were not even willing to take him for free....
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scored he would have joined legendary winger Ken Irvine (1962 and 1963), Sam Backo (1988) and Mal Meninga (1990) on that list of players. The attendance...
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Canberra Raiders Dream Team First team squad Coaching staff 1 Sam Backo – PR 2 Gary Belcher – FB 3 Bradley Clyde – LK 4 Gary Coyne – SR 5 Laurie...
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Laurie Daley 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Sam Backo 9. Mal Cochrane 10. Arthur Beetson 11. Gorden Tallis 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Cliff Lyons 14. George Green...
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of New Zealand squad Wally Lewis (c) Paul Vautin (vc) Greg Alexander Sam Backo Gary Belcher Martin Bella Bradley Clyde Tony Currie Michael Hancock Des...
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of New Zealand squad Wally Lewis (c) Paul Vautin (vc) Greg Alexander Sam Backo Gary Belcher Martin Bella Bradley Clyde Tony Currie Michael Hancock Des...
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in 1962 and 1963, and the most unlikely of the trio, front-row forward Sam Backo in 1988. Bob Fulton made only one change to his side from Old Trafford...
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of New Zealand squad Wally Lewis (c) Paul Vautin (vc) Greg Alexander Sam Backo Gary Belcher Martin Bella Bradley Clyde Tony Currie Michael Hancock Des...
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2012 and beyond, but the Rabbitohs had to deal with England international Sam Burgess being ruled out for the season, as well as the news of halfback Chris...
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