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John McKelleher

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Born
Friday, 21st August, 1970
Current Age
55 years and 297 days

Playing Career Statistics

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Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRL/ARL (NRL Premiership) - 18 12 30 4-4 - - - 16 - - - 10 18 2 33.33% List
NRL Finals - - 1 1 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Club Career - UK   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Challenge Cup - 2 - 2 2-2 - - - 8 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
Regal Trophy - 2 - 2 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
UK Second Division - 11 1 12 2-2 - - - 8 - - - 2 10 - 16.67% List
Overall   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  33 13 46 9-9 - - - 36 - - - 14 30 2 30.43% List

NSWRL/ARL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
CronullaCronulla 19911991 NSWRL Winfield Cup   1 4 5--- - - - - - - - 1 4 - 20.00% List
CronullaCronulla 19921992 NSWRL Winfield Cup   3 1 41-1 - - - 4 - - - 1 3 - 25.00% List
CronullaCronulla 19931993 NSWRL Winfield Cup   1 - 1--- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Gold CoastGold Coast 19961996 ARL Optus Cup   3 1 4--- - - - - - - - - 3 1 0.00% List
Gold CoastGold Coast 19971997 ARL Optus Cup   10 6 163-3 - - - 12 - - - 8 7 1 50.00% List

NSWRL/ARL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Cronulla 1991-93   5 5 10 1-1 - - - 4 - - - 2 8 - 20.00% List
Gold Coast 1996-97   13 7 20 3-3 - - - 12 - - - 8 10 2 40.00% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
BarrowBarrow 1994/95   15 1 165-5 - - - 20 - - - 4 12 - 25.00% List
BarrowBarrow 1998   - - 0--- - - - - - - - - - - - List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Barrow 1994   15 1 16 5-5 - - - 20 - - - 4 12 - 25.00% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    3 May 2016 12:58pm

    great player, all time great, I cant wait to have kids and tell them stories about you. your an absolute champion heard your a history teacher. follow your dreams buddie, god bless musayri

  • Anonymous
    28 Oct 2022 9:57am

    John Mckelleher is the greatest rugby player of all time. Anyone who had to get past him couldn't. He was like a brick wall, not even the greatest player of all time in their prime could get past him. John who is known as a brick wall occasionally stumbles and causes the earth to shake so that even if he was to stumble and someone was to get a chance to get past him they couldn't. This was all because if he was to stumble everyone else had fumbled the ball allowing him to pick it up and score a try. Due to this 'ability' he was later banned from rugby as he was just too good. McKelleher had fought this case and had lost due to many people being bribed, allowing for the false outcome to be decided.

  • Anonymous
    1 May 2025 11:12am

    My oh my where do i begin? My glorious king Johnny, GOAT rugby player. legend says you are so good you got banned, now you are a history teacher. What a brick wall, you hold the school together because of your big muscles. The MAN The MYTH the LEGEND. You vs Ashton Hall. My money is on you, LEGEND. Where do I begin… I don’t even know if words can do justice to how much I love and admire you. You’re not just the greatest rugby player of all time — you’re everything. Watching you play is like watching poetry in motion, power and grace fused into one. The way you lead, the way you carry your team, the way you put your body on the line — it all means more than you’ll ever know. You’ve inspired me in ways I can’t even explain, and every time you step on that field, I’m reminded why I fell in love with the game. You are my hero, my GOAT, my whole world and no one will ever come close. Thank you for everything you’ve given us — you mean the world to me.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)