Des O'Reilly

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Desmond Charles O'Reilly
Born
Friday, 19th November, 1954
Died
Monday, 7th March, 2016 (Aged 61 years and 109 days)

Biography

Strapping utility forward, a reserve in the champion Roosters’ team that won the premiership in 1975, saw out his playing career with the Sharks. O’Reilly made one appearance for NSW in a non-State of Origin match in 1981.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 140 17 -   - 51 83 52 5 59.29% List
National Panasonic Cup 3 2 -   - 6 2 1 0 66.67% List
NRL Finals 11 2 -   - 6 4 7 0 36.36% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1981 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1981 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1981 2 1 0   0 3 2 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1975 12 4 -   - 12 11 1 0 91.67% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1976 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1977 18 3 -   - 9 11 7 0 61.11% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1978 11 1 -   - 3 6 5 0 54.55% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1979 13 4 -   - 12 7 5 1 53.85% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1980 24 3 -   - 9 15 7 2 62.50% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1981 23 1 -   - 3 15 8 0 65.22% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1982 20 1 -   - 3 9 9 2 45.00% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1984 13 - -   - - 5 8 0 38.46% List
Cronulla NSWRL 1985 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs 1975-82 126 17 -   - 51 77 44 5 61.11% List
Cronulla 1984-85 14 - -   - - 6 8 0 42.86% List
Overall1975-1985 140 17 0   0 51 83 52 5 59.29% List

Your Say

  • John REA (bondi)
    19/04/2015

    BIG DES as we called him at BONDI,but he played for clovelly and was outstanding! A tough toiler in the BIG ARENA, THANKS m8 for all those years of enjoyment.

  • Anonymous
    07/03/2016

    VALE DES - A TRUE GENTLEMAN TO THE END

  • R,Murphy
    09/03/2016

    I went to school with Des,as far back as primary school. He was always a champion sportsman.I am very proud to have played rugby with him at Waverley College in the FirstXV . By the way Des was caption. He was a great bloke and an total gentleman never missing a school reunion even though he at times did not feel the best. It was always great to catch up with him over a beer. He will be sadly missed by many.

  • Clem Seeto
    22/08/2020

    I had the pleasure of captaining the Waverley 2nd XV in 1971 which Des was a team member. He played a big part in the team being undefeated that season

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

Sources: Match Video, Newspapers