Peter Reilly (rugby union)

Peter Reilly
Full nameNorman Peter Reilly
Date of birth (1944-10-10) 10 October 1944 (age 80)
Place of birthRoma, QLD, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1968–69 Australia 10 (0)

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]

  1. ^ "Wallabies' Test planning awry". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1969.
  2. ^ a b "Norman Peter Reilly". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. ^ "FLASHBACK: September 1970". Steve Ricketts. 22 June 2016.