David Michael (rugby league)

David Michael (born 31 July 1958) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Eastern Suburbs in NSWRL competition during the 1980s. He played as a wing.

David Michael
Personal information
Full nameDavid Michael
Born (1958-07-31) 31 July 1958
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1980–84 Eastern Suburbs 53 8 0 0 29
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1979 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing career

After representing New South Wales Country in 1979, Michael made his debut for Eastern Suburbs in Round 1 1980 against North Sydney at the Sydney Sports Ground. Easts would go on to reach the 1980 NSWRL grand final against Canterbury-Bankstown with Michael being selected to play on the wing. Canterbury went into halftime leading 7–4. In the second half, Canterbury player Greg Brentnall put up a bomb which headed in Michael's direction. Canterbury winger Steve Gearin jumped over the top of Michael and caught the ball scoring a try in the process. Easts never recovered from the try and lost the grand final 18–4. The victory was Canterbury's first premiership in 38 years.

In 1981, Eastern Suburbs finished as minor premiers but crashed out of the finals series losing at the preliminary final stage. Michael missed the finals due to injury. The following year, Eastern Suburbs again reached the finals but were defeated by reigning premiers Parramatta in the preliminary final 33–0.

Michael played with Easts until the end of the 1984 season where the club finished second last on the table before retiring.[2][3][4][5][6]

References
  1. "Steve McFarlane - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "Re-live the 1980 Grand Final". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "Roosters v Bulldogs: Re-living the Steve Gearin try of 1980 ahead of 2015 NRL Finals showdown". www.dailytelegraph.com.au.
  4. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. "NRL Grand Final: South Sydney Rabbitohs looking to join rugby league's greatest drought breakers". www.abc.net.au.
  6. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) ISBN 1875169571
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