Peter Reilly (rugby union)
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| Full name | Norman Peter Reilly | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 October 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roma, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Norman Peter Reilly (born 10 October 1944) is an Australian former rugby union international.[1]
Born in Roma, Queensland, Reilly attended Brisbane's St Joseph's College (Gregory Terrace).[2]
A lock, Reilly was a first-grade player for Brothers and gained 10 Wallabies caps, debuting against the All Blacks at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1968. His career coincided with a rebuilding phase for the Wallabies and he only featured in one Test win, over France in Sydney. He appeared in all four Tests on the 1969 tour of South Africa.[2]
Reilly played rugby league for Past Brothers in the 1970s.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wallabies' Test planning awry". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1969.
- ^ a b "Norman Peter Reilly". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "FLASHBACK: September 1970". Steve Ricketts. 22 June 2016.
External links
[edit]- Peter Reilly at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Queensland
- People from Roma, Queensland
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- Brothers Old Boys players
- Past Brothers players
- Australian rugby league players
- Queensland rugby union team players
- Footballers who switched code