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
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 % | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1981 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1975-1985 | 140 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 83 | 52 | 5 | 59.29% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
Match Video, Newspapers
Your Say
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.
07/03/2016
VALE DES - A TRUE GENTLEMAN TO THE END
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.
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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