celebrated with an unprecedented fifth straight win of the Dally M Lock of the Year and a premiership win in the grand final. After moving into the media with 2UE for two years, Price made a comeback at age thirty-six with English club Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 1103). He stayed for one season (1989–90) and played 25 games, scoring 6 tries. However, after one season, he sought and obtained election to the Parramatta board, but his comments about the club's decline in the early 1990s were widely criticised and he lost his place in 1994. Post rugby On 12 December 2006, Price revealed he was suffering from bowel cancer. He appeared on The Footy Show on 16 June 2007 and declared that he had beaten the aforesaid cancer. Price married into the Kellett family. Ray Price is retired and lives in Northern NSW with his wife Sandy. He is a regular on the local golf courses and is still actively involved in charity work for organisations, including Men of League. Rugby League career statistics Achievements Awards Rothmans Medal in 1979 Harry Sunderland Medal in 1979 Dally M. Medal in 1982 Order of Australia in 1985 Inductee, Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1992 Australian Sports Medal on 24 October 2000 Named in Parramatta Legends Team (Greatest Lock Forward) in 2002 Named in Feb 2008 in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. Awarded a statue outside Parramatta Stadium in 2009 Footnotes References External links Ray Price at stateoforigin.com.au Ray Price at eraofthebiff.com 1953 births Living people Australia international rugby union players Australia national rugby league team players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian rugby union players Australian rugby league players Dual-code rugby internationals New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin captains New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players Parramatta Eels players Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Rugby league locks Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union flankers Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Wakefield Trinity players