Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 20th June, 1965
- Current Age
- 60 years and 283 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1984, 1985, 1988
Biography
Robust winger came into C’bury’s top grade with huge boots to fill in 1984. When Warren Ryan dropped veteran clubman Chris Anderson midway through the season O’Brien repaid his coach with a series of confident displays. In the grand final victory over three-time premiers P’matta, O’Brien marked Eric Grothe and saved a certain try when he intercepted a pass close to the C’bury line. He was a member of the Bulldogs’ teams that defeated St George in the 1985 grand final, 7-6, and lost to P’matta, 4-2, in the 1986 grand final. Joining Warren Ryan at Balmain in 1989 O’Brien was on the wing in his fourth grand final match when the Tigers lost a titanic struggle against Canberra in extra time.
- 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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| Tour Matches | Australian Presidents XIII | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 114 | 37 | - | - | 148 | 69 | 42 | 3 | 60.53% | List | ||||
| NSWRL Finals | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 121 | 39 | - | - | 156 | 82 | 48 | 3 | 67.77% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Aus Presidents XIII | 1988 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1990 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1988-1990 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1984 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1985 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1986 | 19 | 12 | - | - | 48 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1987 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1988 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1989 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 65.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1990 | 22 | 12 | - | - | 48 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 59.09% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1991 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1992 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1984-88 | 56 | 21 | - | - | 84 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Balmain | 1989-92 | 58 | 16 | - | - | 64 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 56.90% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1984-1992 | 114 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 69 | 42 | 3 | 60.53% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video
Your Say
28 Aug 2019 10:16pm
Fastest bulldog there ever was
14 Jan 2021 10:29am
I played with Steve at Moorebank High School under fourteen side where Steve played lock. I am pretty sure he scored eight tries in one game and fifty two tries for the season. I can not find out if these are records in school. Steve was also a great sprinter. Representing NSW in little athletics in which he competed in 100metres. Ran around the 11 sec mark.
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