Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 22nd October, 1980
- Current Age
- 43 years and 180 days
- Place Of Birth
- Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Kyle O'Donnell
Biography
South Coast NSW (Milton-Ulladalla) junior made his first grade debut with Balmain before joined the merged W’Tigers Club. It was not until Luke O’Donnell joined the North Queensland North Queensland in 2004 that hard-working backrower came to prominence. Following the North Queensland’ historic appearance in the 2004 finals series, O’Donnell represented City Origin in 2005 and was one of the form players of the club’s power pack that took the North Queensland to the grand final that year. Despite the North Queensland’ loss to his former Club O’Donnell was chosen in the Australian Test team and appeared in all five Tests in the 2005 Tri-Nations competition. Despite the North Queensland’ loss of form in 2006 O’Donnell was chosen in all six Tests on the international calendar, culminating in Australia’s 16-12 win in extra time of the Tri-Nations competition.
- 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 | 188 | 27 | - | - | 108 | 91 | 95 | 2 | 48.40% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| City vs Country | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tri-Nations | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Anzac Tests | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| State of Origin | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Australia PM XIII Annual | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| All Stars | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Super League | 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Anzac Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 2005-06 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City | 2005, 2009-10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW | 2006, 2009-10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
| NRL | 2010 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 2005-2010 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Balmain | NRL 1999 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Wests Tigers | NRL 2000 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 45.00% | List | |||
| Wests Tigers | NRL 2001 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | |||
| Wests Tigers | NRL 2002 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21.43% | List | |||
| Wests Tigers | NRL 2003 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2004 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2005 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 57.69% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2006 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2007 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2008 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2009 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | |||
| North Qld | NRL 2010 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | |||
| Sydney | NRL 2013 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Balmain | 1999 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Wests Tigers | 2000-03 | 48 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
| North Qld | 2004-10 | 117 | 23 | - | - | 92 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 49.57% | List | |||
| Sydney | 2013 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1999-2013 | 188 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 91 | 95 | 2 | 48.40% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Huddersfield | 2011 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Huddersfield | 2012 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Huddersfield | 2013 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Huddersfield | 2011-13 | 27 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 62.96% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
Sources:
NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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