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Steve Ella
steve ella"The Central Coast Bears inclusion into the NRL competition will enhance the Central Coast as a definite sporting identity. This will give our local kids a chance to progress from the grass roots to the NRL within the local arena. This will also be a new team the Central Coast Community can be proud to own!" |
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biographySteve Ella had a ten year career with the Parramatta Eels playing at fullback, centre, wing, halfback and five eighth. Nicknamed "The Zipzip Man", Ella was a member of Parramatta's star studded backlines of the early 1980s playing alongside Brett Kenny, Mick Cronin, Peter Sterling and Eric Grothe. He was a member of four Premiership winning sides at Parramatta in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986 as well as the 1984 Grand Final loss to Canterbury. He played a season in England with Wigan in 1985-86 scoring 21 tries in 23 games and finished his career in 1989 with Wakefield Trinity. He scored 544 career points for Parramatta in 157 games putting him in 3rd place on the club's all time points list. In 1982 he was the season's top try-scorer and also set the standing club record of a total of 23 tries in a season. He scored 92 career tries for Parramatta placing him in 2nd place behind Brett Kenny on the club's all time try tally. Steve Ella made seven Rugby League State of Origin appearances between 1983 and 1985. He was first selected for the New South Wales Blues in game II of 1983 where he scored a try in the Blues' sole win of the series. He figured in game III of 1983, games I and III of 1984 and in all three games of 1985 when the Blues finally had a series triumph over Queensland. At the national level, he was selected for the 1982 Kangaroo Tour and appeared in twelve minor games though no Tests on that tour. In the tour match against Wales in Cardiff, Ella scored four tries equalling the record for an Australian in a full international. On that same tour in a game in France against Villeneuve he scored seven tries equalling a record set by Cec Blinkhorn in the 1930s. Steve Ella made his Test début for the Kangaroos against New Zealand in the 2nd Test of 1983 and played in three more Tests against them in 1985. Steve supports The Aboriginal Health College which provides all Aboriginal Health workers in NSW an opportunity to gain an education at multiple levels in the health field. This organisation is a non government organisation and relies on funding grants and donations. Aboriginal Health College 35 Harvey St, Little Bay NSW 2036 PO Box 193, Matraville NSW 2036 Tel: 02 9019 0730 Fax: 02 9019 0736 Email: ahc@ahc.edu.au Website: www.ahc.edu.au |
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