Geoffrey Allan “Geoff” Foster

HERITAGE No: 686

BIRTH: 1 May 1952

Griffith, NSW

OCCUPATION: Policeman, 1977, 1980

RESIDENCE: Newton Rd Strathfield, NSW, 1977; Lawford Cres Griffith, NSW, 1980

GAME HISTORY

North Griffith JRL
Griffith Waratahs RL U/16’s 1968
Griffith Waratahs RL U/18’s 1969, 1970
Manly Warringah RL 1970 (Trials)
Griffith Waratahs RL 1971
Riverina RL (Divisional) 1971
Country RL Seconds v City RL Seconds 1971
Country RL Firsts v Queensland 1971
Canterbury Bankstown RL 1972
Wests RL 3^rd Grade 1972
Wests RL 2^nd Grade 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
Wests RL First Grade 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Wests RL Pre Season Cup 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Wests RL AMCO Cup 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
City RL Seconds 1976
Griffith Waratahs RL 1979
Country RL Firsts v City RL Firsts 1979
Country RL Firsts v South Sydney 1979 (AMCO Cup)
Coleambally-Darlington Point RL (Player/Coach) 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Coleambally-Darlington Point RL (Player) 1984
Country RL Seconds 1983
Country RL Firsts v South Sydney 1983 (KB Cup)
Country RL Firsts v Brisbane RL Firsts 1983 (KB Cup)
Riverina RL v England RL (Coach) 1984
Griffith Waratahs RL (Coach) 1987
Yamba Stingrays RL (Player/Coach) 1990’s
Australian RL Development Squad U/17’s AIS Canberra (Assistant Coach) 1995
Coleambally-Darlington Point RL (Coach) 1996, 1997
Griffith Waratahs RL (Coach) 1998
Level 3 Coaching Certificate
Wests Team of the 1970’s (Second Row)

Geoff

Wests Archive would like to thank Geoff Foster for generously contributing his time and information in the preparation of this profile.

Geoff Foster was born in the NSW Riverina town of Griffith. In an interview by Daniel Pain in 2016, Geoff was asked what his childhood was like. His response was one that would relate to many country kids. He said, “We were poor, I rode a push bike everywhere. We were lucky to have a pair of thongs the bindies didn’t go through. The walk to school was five kilometres each way.”

He learned to play rugby league at primary school but he was playing against kids three years older than him due to his weight. At ten years of age he was playing for North Griffith. The team only had nine players and copped a sound beating each week.