Robbie O'Davis

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Robbie O'Davis
Personal information
Nickname Robbie O
Born 3 September 1972 (1972-09-03) (age 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–2004 Newcastle Knights 223 78 45 1 403
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–2002 Queensland 12 1 1 0 6
1995–1998 Australia 8 4 0 0 16

Robbie O'Davis (born 3 September 1972 in Sydney, NSW) is an Australian retired rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Queensland and Australia, and played his entire club career with the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won two premierships.

O'Davis' primarily played at fullback though he also occasionally played on the wing. In 1995 he played for the World Cup-winning Australian side. He won the Clive Churchill Medal for best player in the 1997 ARL Grand Final. However the following year, he tested positive for Anabolic steroids[1][2]

O'Davis retired at the end of the 2004 NRL season.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/V3ByKey/LA19980625 New South Wales Parliament (Hansard transcript), 25 June 1988. Search keyword "Robbie"
  2. ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980618/ai_n14151893 Independent, The (London), 18 Jun, 1998 by Dave Hadfield. Search keyword "Robbie"

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