Rugby player
| Full name | Norman Peter Reilly | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1944-10-10) 10 October 1944 (age 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roma, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Norman Peter Reilly (born 10 October 1944) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Born in Roma, Queensland, Reilly attended Brisbane's St Joseph's College (Gregory Terrace).
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.
Reilly played rugby league for Past Brothers in the 1970s.
See also
References
- "Wallabies' Test planning awry". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1969.
- ^ "Norman Peter Reilly". classicwallabies.com.au.
- "FLASHBACK: September 1970". Steve Ricketts. 22 June 2016.
External links
- Peter Reilly at ESPNscrum
- 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
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen