Steve O'Brien

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 20th June, 1965
Current Age
58 years and 273 days

Biography

Robust winger came into C’bury’s top grade with huge boots to fill in 1984. When Warren Ryan dropped veteran clubman Chris Anderson midway through the season O’Brien repaid his coach with a series of confident displays. In the grand final victory over three-time premiers P’matta, O’Brien marked Eric Grothe and saved a certain try when he intercepted a pass close to the C’bury line. He was a member of the Bulldogs’ teams that defeated St George in the 1985 grand final, 7-6, and lost to P’matta, 4-2, in the 1986 grand final. Joining Warren Ryan at Balmain in 1989 O’Brien was on the wing in his fourth grand final match when the Tigers lost a titanic struggle against Canberra in extra time.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 114 37 -   - 148 69 42 3 60.53% List
NRL Finals 12 2 -   - 8 8 4 0 66.67% List
National Panasonic Cup 3 1 -   - 4 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 3 2 -   - 8 1 2 0 33.33% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury NSWRL 1984 6 3 -   - 12 5 1 0 83.33% List
Canterbury NSWRL 1985 10 1 -   - 4 6 2 2 60.00% List
Canterbury NSWRL 1986 19 12 -   - 48 11 8 0 57.89% List
Canterbury NSWRL 1987 10 3 -   - 12 6 4 0 60.00% List
Canterbury NSWRL 1988 11 2 -   - 8 8 3 0 72.73% List
Balmain NSWRL 1989 20 2 -   - 8 13 6 1 65.00% List
Balmain NSWRL 1990 22 12 -   - 48 13 9 0 59.09% List
Balmain NSWRL 1991 15 2 -   - 8 6 9 0 40.00% List
Balmain NSWRL 1992 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury 1984-88 56 21 -   - 84 36 18 2 64.29% List
Balmain 1989-92 58 16 -   - 64 33 24 1 56.90% List
Overall1984-1992 114 37 0   0 148 69 42 3 60.53% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    28/08/2019

    Fastest bulldog there ever was

  • Wayne Belcher
    14/01/2021

    I played with Steve at Moorebank High School under fourteen side where Steve played lock. I am pretty sure he scored eight tries in one game and fifty two tries for the season. I can not find out if these are records in school. Steve was also a great sprinter. Representing NSW in little athletics in which he competed in 100metres. Ran around the 11 sec mark.

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Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93