37-526: WARL may refer to: Western Australian Rugby League , a rugby league in the state of Western Australia mainly the Perth metropolitan competition Radio stations [ edit ] WARA (AM) , a radio station (1320 AM) licensed to Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call sign WARL from 2000 to 2014 WAVA (AM) , a radio station (780 AM) licensed to Arlington, Virginia, United States, which used
74-524: A great halves combination with the master of support play in Terry Lamb . During their five years together in the blue and white, the Bulldogs made four Grand Finals and won three of them. Lamb was a non-playing reserve in the 1985 Grand Final win over St George after being ruled out due to injury, and Mortimer missed 68 minutes of the 1988 Grand Final win over Balmain in the first Grand Final played at
111-519: A longer-term strategy for a Western Australian-based National Rugby League but as yet seems further from implementation than when first conceived many due to the NRL officially stating that will be no further expansion until 2017 to shore up its financially weak structure. The NRLWA, sponsored as the Fuel to Go and Play Premiership, is the premier rugby league football competition in the state. The majority of
148-612: A memory for you".' . Mortimer's representative career 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 and 1985, including nine under the State of Origin banner. Mortimer captained the Blues in 1984/85 in three matches (all victories) and
185-619: A proposal to establish a Western Australian Rugby League representative side to play in the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup for seasons 2008 & 2009, known as the WA Reds and played home matches at Perth Oval . In season 2010 the decision was made to enter the WA Reds team into the SG Ball Cup Under 18 competition. The season was a tough one with the 'Reds' finishing next to bottom of the ladder winning only their opening game of
222-694: A virus to great effect including one match and his only time against Allan Langer where in 31 minutes Mortimer turned a club match against Brisbane Broncos on its head to win Man of the Match. He broke his wrist in the second last round but was fit enough to be a reserve in the Grand Final victory against Balmain Tigers . Fittingly Mortimer was the last player to touch the ball in a dash from dummy half . The Bulldogs' salary cap crisis in 2002 saw Mortimer return to
259-411: Is a seven club competition in the north-west of Western Australia. The clubs are: Steve Mortimer Stephen Charles Mortimer OAM (born 15 July 1956), also nicknamed " Turvey ", is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a halfback . Mortimer played a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs club record 272 first-grade games between 1976 and 1988, winning four premierships with
296-593: The Affiliated States Championship , winning the most titles of any state. International football also has a history in WA, with Great Britain Lions touring Perth in 1950, 1957 1962 1975 England 1958 , and France touring in 1951 , 1955, 1964, 1990. The first tour game by an interstate club was in 1949 when Balmain Tigers, NSWRL, traveled to Perth. The first tour match by a club affiliated with
333-534: The Bob Fulton coached Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles , but stayed put at Canterbury (Manly won the premiership that year while the Bulldogs finished only 1 point out of the finals). He was advised to retire after 1988 rather than join another club, which ensured his status as one of the most loyal players to play the game of rugby league . Surprisingly, despite their success when playing together at Canterbury, Mortimer and Lamb only ever partnered each other once in
370-717: The New Zealand Warriors , and in July 2013 when the South Sydney Rabbitohs hosted the New Zealand Warriors at NIB Stadium Trial matches have also been played, with South Sydney Rabbitohs hosting Canterbury Bulldogs in the 2005 pre-season. The staging of New South Wales Rugby League premiership matches in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to a push for a Perth-based entry into the Australian Rugby League competition. In 1992
407-854: The Queensland Rugby League was in 1985 when the Qld Country side played a match against the WA State Team. Further interstate club matches occurred in (see list above) Following the demise of the Western Reds professional rugby league was lost to WA. The next match occurred in 1999 when the Western Suburbs Magpies hosted the Melbourne Storm in an NRL premiership match. Further premiership matches followed in 2005 when Cronulla Sharks hosted
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#1732783665866444-672: The Sydney Football Stadium (Turvey had broken his arm during the Bulldogs Round 21 match against St George at Belmore , but recovered sufficiently to take his place in Phil Gould 's side on GF day). Lamb would later captain the Bulldogs between 1990 and 1995 and usher in a new breed of Bulldogs that weren't around in the Mortimer era. Mortimer received an offer to switch clubs in 1987 and very nearly joined
481-746: The Western Australian Rugby League ) is responsible for administering the game of rugby league football in the state of Western Australia . The NRLWA administers all forms of the game in Western Australia and runs the main Perth metropolitan competitions. This includes eleven clubs in the Perth metropolitan competition (seven fielding first grade), sponsored as the Fuel to Go and Play Premiership, as well as representative teams that compete in interstate competitions. There are over 4,000 participants Formed in April 1948 as
518-704: The Western Reds club was accepted into the national competition and would play its first season in 1995 . The Reds would play in 1996 and in the Australian Super League in 1997 under the Perth Reds moniker. Debt, issues surrounding the Super League war and formation of the National Rugby League led to the club being wound-up at the end of the 1997 season. On 12 December 2006 the Australian Rugby League board accepted
555-480: 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 the 1986 Grand Final , which Parramatta won 4–2 in a tryless game, and also played in the 1979 Grand Final loss to St George . During Mortimer's final five seasons at Canterbury-Bankstown he formed
592-604: The Eleven clubs originate in the Perth metro area and both Fremantle and South Perth are foundation WARL clubs. Junior grades run from under 6's up to under 16's and senior competition is divided into four divisions, Men's First Grade, Men's Reserve Grade (Val Murphy Trophy), Women's Tackle and Women's League Tag (Flag Belt). * Denotes currently fielding a First Grade Team in the Fuel to Go and Play Premiership * Denotes club dissolved and no longer exists The Pilbara Rugby League
629-621: The Kangaroos defeated WA 57–5, running in 13 tries to 1 with Parramatta Eels winger Eric Grothe, Sr. crossing for 4 tries. The Australian team that day included players who would go on to be mainstays in the Australian test team over the next 5–10 years including Lewis, Grothe, Gene Miles , Steve Mortimer , Greg Conescu and Wayne Pearce as well as test veterans Rod Morris and Les Boyd . NT toured again in 1981, 1983 & 1985 and since 2001 Western Australia has competed annually in
666-603: The SCG with Australia winning 43–2. Also making his debut in that Test match was future rugby league immortal Wally Lewis, who played outside Mortimer at five-eighth. Between 1980 and 1985, the breakdown of appearances for halfbacks at Test level was Steve Mortimer 8 Tests, Peter Sterling (Parramatta) 6 Tests, Mark Murray (Qld) 6 Tests and Des Hasler (Manly-Warringah) 1 Test. Mortimer was named vice-captain of Australia's 1985 mid-season tour of New Zealand, but made himself unavailable due to business reasons, with Murray and Hasler sharing
703-682: The Western Australian Amateur Rugby Football League, foundation clubs were Cottesloe, Fremantle, Perth and South Perth. The first interstate match played by Western Australians was against the South Australia in 1948, with WA winning the series 2–0. In 1969 Darwin City invited the WARL to Darwin to play a match in celebration of Darwin's 100th founding anniversary in which WA won 23–19. In 1976 WA
740-401: The call sign WARL from 1946 to 1961 WAVA-FM , a radio station (105.1 FM) licensed to Arlington, Virginia, United States, which used the call sign WARL-FM from 1948 to 1961 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WARL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
777-579: The club during the 1980s. Mortimer's two younger brothers, Peter and Chris , also played for the club. Mortimer was born in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona and raised in Wagga Wagga , New South Wales , the eldest son of Ian and Elaine Mortimer's four sons. His brothers ( Peter , Chris , and Glen ) also played rugby league and were famously known as the Mortimer brothers . Mortimer's junior club
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#1732783665866814-403: The club to save them from trouble. He led from the front with the passion and dedication he displayed on the field. The Bulldogs emerged from the dramas with flying colours for the 2003 season. They fell one game short of the Grand Final but the signs were there for a big 2004. Further dramas in the pre-season saw Mortimer stand down as chief executive officer but the foundations he put in place and
851-589: The halfback position. Mortimer later regretted standing down as a major conflict erupted between coach Terry Fearnley and captain Wally Lewis. Fearnley was NSW coach in 1985 and Mortimer previously played alongside Lewis in Test and Kangaroo Tour campaigns (Mortimer and Lewis were room-mates on the undefeated 1982 Kangaroo tour where both actually lost their test spot to Sterling and Brett Kenny). He believed that had he toured New Zealand he might have been able to calm
888-561: The halves for New South Wales . This was in Game 2 of the 1984 State of Origin series on a very wet and muddy Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), with Queensland winning 14–2. They never got the chance to play together for Australia as Queensland captain Wally Lewis was the test five-eighth and also test captain from 1984. Despite troubles at Canterbury during his latter years, including a well publicised feud with Warren Ryan who coached
925-558: The ingoal area too much for the St. George Dragons to handle. Mortimer's final year at Canterbury was under the coaching of Phil Gould where he stood down from the captaincy after Round 5. Mortimer's performances on the field were vintage but a virus and broken wrist cut his appearances to just 14 and also played 5 games as a fresh replacement. The NSWRL allowed teams for the first time outside of semi-finals to have fresh reserves for club matches and Gould utilised Mortimer when he returned from
962-456: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WARL&oldid=672107766 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Western Australian Rugby League NRL Western Australia (abbreviated as NRLWA , and formerly
999-415: The most successful coach-captain combinations winning two Premierships and runners-up another year during Ryan's four years at Canterbury , which Mortimer was captain for all that period except the first half of the 1984 season. Mortimer's performance in the 1985 Grand Final was one of his finest tactical efforts where he followed Ryan's game plan to a tee with the Mortimer's kicking game with his bombs into
1036-452: The players he helped recruit saw Canterbury under the coaching of Steve Folkes win their 8th Premiership. Mortimer will be remembered as one of the all-time great halfbacks, a player who brought the passion into the State of Origin for New South Wales , a great captain for his state and country and a great ambassador for the sport of rugby league on and off the field. In 1988, Mortimer
1073-497: The season. The 2011 season saw the young Reds side improve their credentials finishing 13/18 with 3 wins from 9 matches for the season. On 27 June 2012 the Western Australian Rugby League announced a new identity for its NRL entry bid. The West Coast Pirates has been released as the team name, with the logo a Pirate Skull over Crossed Cutlasses. The announcement of this new bid identity is viewed as
1110-432: The situation between the coach and the captain. Mortimer played under four coaches during his 13 seasons at Canterbury. His enterprising and brilliant style of football was encouraged and enhanced under the coaching of Malcolm Clift and Ted Glossop . Mortimer's style was reined in during the "Wozzaball" era under Warren Ryan between 1984 and 1987. Mortimer and Ryan often clashed but through all of that they formed one of
1147-492: The team from 1984 to 1987, Mortimer was a one-club man and retired playing 272 first grade games, which at the time was the most for one NSWRL club. It was also around this time that when appearing before the NSWRL Judiciary, the chairman of the judiciary, Sydney lawyer Jim Comans who was leading the campaign to stamp out violence in the game, told Mortimer that if he appeared before him again "Rugby league will be just
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1184-495: The words "will never play against Canterbury-Bankstown ever again", and true to Bullfrog's word he never did. 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
1221-530: Was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his services to rugby league. Mortimer, after his playing days, set up a very successful "Shuffleboard" business, which focused on a game used mostly by 'retirement homes'. He has made several media appearances and was a member of Channel Seven's Sports World programme in the early 1990s and Fox Sports NRL coverage. From 2005, he was regularly seen on Sky News as their rugby league expert. On 24 October 2000, Mortimer
1258-645: Was invited to participate in the nationwide Amco Cup, where they defeated the Northern Territory 23–18. On 2 October 1982 to begin the 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France , Western Australia played the Wally Lewis captained Australian Kangaroos in a match at the Cannington Raceway in Perth (on the same day the Australian test team played their first ever test match against Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby ). Predictably
1295-584: Was recipient of the Australian Sports Medal . In February 2008, Mortimer was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. Mortimer and his wife Karen Mortimer have three children; son Matthew Mortimer, son Andrew Mortimer, and daughter Erin Mortimer. In 2021, Mortimer
1332-475: Was the Kooringal Magpies. He then played for Wagga Wagga's Turvey Park club, with "Turvey" becoming one of Mortimer's nicknames. Spotted by Peter "The Bullfrog" Moore , when playing for Riverina in the 1975 Amco Cup , Mortimer tore his future club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to pieces and was Man of the Match despite Riverina losing. 'Bullfrog', when asked about Mortimer's performance uttered
1369-762: Was the first captain to lead New South Wales to State of Origin success in 1985 . He was also named man-of-the-match in the final game of the 1984 State of Origin series at Brisbane 's Lang Park . Mortimer is credited as the player who finally brought passion into the Blues Origin 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 , Royce Simmons , Steve Roach , Noel Cleal , Ben Elias , and his brother Chris Mortimer . Mortimer played 8 Test matches for Australia between 1981 and 1984 where he scored two tries in his Test debut against France at
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