One of the best utilities in South Sydney history, Greg Hawick rose through the ranks to play a vital role in the Club's second 'Golden Era' in the 1950s. He commenced playing Rugby League at Alexandria Public School and later with Gardener's Road Junior Technical School, representing Sydney Schools vs South Coast Schools Mt Hawick then captained the South Sydney Lennox Cup team in 1948 before appearing with Alexandria Rovers B and A grades in the South Sydney Juniors League. Hawick starting as a lock, Hawick made his first-grade debut at just seventeen years of age in Round 2 of the 1950 season after playing just a single game of reserve grade. After departing Souths, Hawick had moved to Wagga but signed a second contract with Norths before obtaining clearance from Wagga and had moved back into his fathers South Sydney district residenance to take care of his ill father. The NSWRL disqualified him for the season for breaching the residancy rules, but in the code's first battle in the equity court, it was ruled that the disqualification was a denial of 'natural justice'. This court case caused the end of the residental qualification rule, which was then replaced by inter club Transfer Fee's.
Representative Qualification NSW City Date of Birth 3rd May 1932 (Died - 2020) South Sydney Junior Club Alexandria Rovers Previous Clubs none
Playing Career at South Sydney (1950-56)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1950 Rd02 v Parramatta (17y 342d)
First Grade
Premiership : Australian Championship : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1950 16 16 - 1 - - 3 : : 3 3 - 5 - - 15
1951 15 15 - 4 - - 12 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - 1 1 - 5
1952 11 11 - 3 - - 9 : : 4 4 - 1 2 - 7
1953 8 8 - 4 21 - 54 : : 1 1 - - - - -
1954 10 10 - 2 8 - 22 : : 1 1 - - - - -
1955 12 12 - 3 18 - 45 : : 2 2 - - 5 - 10
1956 9 9 - 2 17 - 40 : : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 81 81 - 19 64 - 185 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : 12 12 - 7 8 - 37
SS Cup 1 1 - 1 - - 3
SS FG 94 94 - 27 72 - 225
Lower Grades : Juniors
Reserve Grade : Third Grade : Presidents Cup : Lennox Cup
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1948 : : - - - - - - - : - 2 - 4
1949 : : - - - - - - - :
1950 3 3 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1951 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1952 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1953 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1954 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1955 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1956 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 3 3 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - 2 - 4
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : Cup : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 84 84 - 19 64 - 185 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : 97 97 - 27 72 - 225
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Player Awards
Year Award 1991 - South Sydney DRLFC Life Membership 2004 - South Sydney Dream Team (Interchange) 2007 - ARL Team of the Decade (1950s - 5/8) 2008 - South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century 2008 - Alexandria 60 Year Best of Team (5/8)
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
New South Wales 1951-55 2 2 - - 1 - 2 : 3 3 - - 2 - 4 :
Sydney City 1955 1 1 - 2 5 - 16 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 :
TOTAL 7 7 - 3 8 - 25
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia XIII 1951 : 1 1 - - - - -
Australia 1952-54 7 7 - 2 - - 6 : 19 19 - 10 3 - 36
TOTAL 27 27 - 12 3 - 42
ALL REPS 34 34 - 15 11 - 67
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1951 5/8 New South Wales v France 2nd Match - - -
1951 5/8 Australia XIII v France - - -
1952 Res Australia v Kangaroos Odds Tour Match (Match Abandoned)
1952 5/8 Australia v Hull Tour Match - - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Barrow Tour Match - - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Halifax Tour Match - - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Great Britain 1st Test - - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Leigh Tour Match - - -
1952 Cntr Australia v Doncaster Tour Match 1 - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Wakefield Trinity Tour Match 1 - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Lancashire Tour Match 1 - -
1952 Cntr Australia v Dewsbury Tour Match 1 - -
1952 5/8 Australia v France XIII Tour Match1 1 - -
1952 5/8 Australia v Albi Tour Match 1 - -
1953 5/8 Australia v France XIII Tour Match2 1 - -
1953 Lock Australia v France 2nd Test - - -
1953 5/8 Australia v France XIII Tour Match3 1 - -
1953 5/8 Australia v Provence Tour Match - - -
1953 5/8 Australia v Mildi Tour Match - - -
1953 Res Australia v The Rest (Selected but DNP)
1953 5/8 New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match - - -
1953 5/8 New South Wales v Queensland 4th Match - 1 -
1953 Res New South Wales v USA 2nd Match (Selected but DNP)
1953 Australia (NZ Tour Squad)
1953 Half Australia v NZ West Coast Tour Match - - -
1953 5/8 Australia v NZ South Island Tour Match 1 3 -
1953 Half Australia v New Zealand 2nd Test - - -
1953 Half Australia v Taranaki Tour Match - - -
1953 5/8 Australia v Auckland Tour Match 1 - -
1953 Half Australia v New Zealand 3rd Test - - -
1954 5/8 New South Wales v Great Britain 3rd Match - - -
1954 Australia (World Cup Tour Squad)
1954 Half Australia v New Zealand RLWC 1 - -
1954 Half Australia v France RLWC - - -
1954 5/8 Australia v New Zealand UK Test 1 - -
1954 Half Australia v New Zealand 1st LA Game - - -
1955 Cntr Sydney City v NSW Country 2 5/6 -
1955 Cntr Possibles v Possibles (Withdrew due to injury)
1955 Cntr Sydney City v France 1 - -
1955 Cntr New South Wales v France 1st Match - 2/5 -
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