Simon Gillies

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Simon Gillies
Personal information
Born (1969-12-04) 4 December 1969 (age 53)
Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position, Second-row, Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1988–98 Canterbury Bulldogs 161230092
1999 Warrington Wolves 2960024
Total1902900116
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1997 New South Wales (SL) 32008
1992–93 NSW Country 20000
Source: [1]

Simon Gillies is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative forward, he played his club football in Sydney for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 1995 ARL Premiership), as well as in England for the Warrington Wolves. [1] His older brother Ben Gillies also played for Canterbury-Bankstown.

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Playing career

Gillies made his first grade debut for Canterbury in the major semi final against Cronulla-Sutherland which Canterbury won 26–8 at the Sydney Football Stadium. Gillies was not selected in Canterbury's 1988 grand final team which defeated Balmain in the decider.

In 1993, Gillies played from the bench in Canterbury's preliminary final loss against eventual premiers the Brisbane Broncos. Gillies was selected to play for Canterbury-Bankstown from the reserve bench in their 1994 Grand Final loss to the Canberra Raiders. Gillies played as a second-row for Canterbury in their 1995 Grand Final victory over Manly-Warringah. He was named as Canterbury's replacement captain following Terry Lamb's retirement at the end of 1996. Gillies represented Australia at the 1996 Super League World Nines. In 1997 he was selected for the New South Wales rugby league team during the Super League Tri-series.

Gillies final season for Canterbury was in 1998. He played 14 games throughout the year for the club but did not play in the finals series or the 1998 NRL Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos, however, he did finish his career with Canterbury on a high, scoring two tries in their reserve grade Grand Final victory over the Parramatta Eels 26–22. Canterbury-Bankstown came back from 22-0 down. Gillies was known for his toughness and heart in an 11-year career with his boyhood club. Gillies played a total of 227 games across all grades for Canterbury. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB – OFFICIAL WEBSITE". thebulldogs.com.au.
  3. ↑ "Top 5 grand final moments for Canterbury Bulldogs". The Daily Telegraph. London.
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