- John Ribot
John Ribot (born John Ribot de Bressac on
3 March ,1955 ) is anAustralia n sports administrator and formerrugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s.Rugby league playing history
Australia 1981-85: 9 Tests - 9t, 2g (34pts)
Queensland 1977-85: 10 games - 3t, 2g (14pts)
New South Wales 1978-81: 2 games - 2t (6pts)
Fortitude Valley
Wests (Brisbane)
Newtown 1978-79: 31 games - 19t, 7g (71pts)
Wests 1980-81: 36 games - 26t, 11g (100pts)
Manly 1982-83: 52 games - 33t (112pts)
RedcliffeJohn Ribot played club football in the
New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for theNewtown Jets (1978 and 1979), theWestern Suburbs Magpies (1980 in which he was the League's top try-scorer and 1981), theManly-Warringah Sea Eagles (1982 and 1983), and in theBrisbane Rugby League premiership for theRedcliffe Dolphins (1984 and 1985).Before the introduction of State of Origin selecton rules Ribot represented both Queensland in 1977, then New South Wales in 1978 under the residential criteria. He went on to represent Queensland in 8 State of Origin matches between 1982 and 1985, the Brisbane representative team in 1984 and Australia from 1981 until 1985, playing in 9 test matches, including the 1982 Invincibles tour. Ribot was the winner of the
Queensland Rugby League Press Writers' Player of the Year Award in 1985.He is thus one of the rare foundation Origin representatives whose NSW appearances were bookended by selections for Queensland.
Rugby league administration
* CEO
Brisbane Broncos 1988–1995
* CEOSuper League (Australia) 1996 - 1997
* CEOMelbourne Storm 1998–2003After his retirement from football, he became
Queensland Rugby League Development Manager and the firstChief Executive Officer of theBrisbane Broncos . While Ribot's talents as an administrator were reflected in the club's success during the 1990s, he was continually at loggerheads with theNew South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The turning point was the decision by the NSWRL to sack him from its Premiership Policy Committee in 1993.Ribot found
News Ltd a willing participant in forming an elite, rival competition in the mid-1990s. Leaving his position as the Broncos' Chief Executive, he lead the organisation known as Super League in the war for rugby league in Australia. Ribot partially realised his ‘vision’ in getting the competition up and running in 1997 then resigned as Super League chief executive onJune 24 . He secured the franchise to form a club inMelbourne for the re-united competition in 1998.While the
Melbourne Storm won the 1999 grand final in only its second season in existence, Ribot’s single-minded battle for acceptance in anAussie rules -dominated city saw the Storm part company with premiership-winning coach Chris Anderson in 2001. In 2000 Ribot was awarded theAustralian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league.Football (soccer) administration
In 2004, Ribot extended his sports administration portfolio into soccer, becoming chairman of the
Queensland Roar FC .Other boards
John Ribot has also served on the board of:
* TAB Queensland
* Victorian Major Events Companyources
* [http://www.ahole.com.au/struc/rw.htm Victorian Major Events Company]
* [http://redcliffe.leagueunlimited.com/clubrecord.asp Redcliffe Dolphins Clubs records]External links
* [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/John_Ribot.html Rleague's statistics page]
*StateofOrigin player|381
*FOGS player|26
* [http://www.qrl.com.au/qrl_history/qld_rep_r.php Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au]
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