John Donnelly

The career of 'Dallas' Donnelly remains central to the heart of the Wests club. The Gunnedah forward represented NSW in 1973, breaking his arm on debut, and was named Country Player of the Year. Donnelly signed with the Magpies in 1975 and represented Australia in three World Series matches that year but his sole Test appearance was not until three years later against NZ. Under coach Roy Masters in the late 1970s, Donnelly's on and off-field larrikinism took him to almost cult status but his career gradually wound down in the early 1980s as he battled injuries and increasing weight problems. He was suspended for 15 weeks in 1978 on a kneeing charge and was a regular visitor to the judiciary in the early 1980s (he also received a 14-week suspension in 1981). Donnelly later spent a season with English club Southend Invicta in 1985-86 before taking on the captain-coach position with Byron Bay. Donnelly, who had suffered from epilepsy throughout his life, drowned after suffering a fit while surfing prior to the start of the 1986 season.

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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International
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1975, 1978	4	-	-				-	-	3	0	1	75.00%
Overall	1975-1978	4	0	0				0		3	0	1	75.00%
World Cup Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1975	3	-	-				-	-	2	0	1	66.67%
Overall	1975	3	0	0				0		2	0	1	66.67%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW Firsts	1973, 1975-76	4	-	-				-	-	4	0	0	100.00%
NSW Country Firsts	1973-74	2	-	-				-	-	0	2	0	0.00%
NSW City Firsts	1976	1	-	-				-	-	1	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1973-1976	7	0	0				0		5	2	0	71.43%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1975	?	3	4				-	17
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1976	?	1	2				-	7
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1977	?	1	-				-	3
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1978	?	-	-				-	-
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1979	?	-	-				-	-
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1980	16	1	-				2	5	11	5	0	68.75%
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1981	7	-	-				-	-	3	4	0	42.86%
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1982	12	-	-				1	1	6	6	0	50.00%
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1983	15	-	-				1	1	1	13	1	6.67%
Western Suburbs	NSWRL 1984	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Overall	1975-1984	?	6	6				4	34	?	?	?	?
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Western Suburbs	1975-79	?	6	6				4	34	?	?	?	?
Western Suburbs	1980-84	51	1	-				4	7	21	29	1	41.18%
Overall	1975-1984	?	6	6				4	34	?	?	?	?
English League Career - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Kent Invicta	1984-85	?	1	-				-	4	?	?	?	?
Overall	1984-1985	?	1	0				0	4	?	?	?	?

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