Jim O'Brien (rugby, born 1897)
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Full name | Andrew James O'Brien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Blenheim, New Zealand | 6 September 1897|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 May 1969 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 71)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew James O'Brien (1897–1969) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand with the All Blacks and in rugby league.
Rugby union career
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O'Brien began his career playing rugby union for Marlborough between 1919 and 1921. He also played for a combined Nelson-Marlborough-Golden Bay-Motueka side against the 1921 Springboks in the side's 26–3 defeat.[2] In that game he lined up alongside fellow future dual-international Charles Fitzgerald.
In 1922, he moved north to Auckland, joining the Grafton club. He immediately was selected for the North Island side and subsequently the All Blacks tour of New Zealand and South Wales.[2] He finished the tour having played in 3 games and scored one try. Returning to Auckland, O’Brien played his first game for the union late in the 1922 season. In 1923 he played five games for Auckland.
Rugby league career
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O'Brien switched to rugby league in 1924, joining Marist in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He played for Auckland and made the New Zealand national rugby league team for three tests against the touring Great Britain Lions side that year. He toured Australia in 1925 and gained another two Kiwi test caps playing against Great Britain when they toured again in 1928.[3] In 1929, he served as the secretary of the Marist club.
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b Jim O'Brien profile, allblacks.com. Accessed 4 August 2023.
- ^ O'BRIEN, Andrew James 1924 – 25, 1928 – Kiwi #157 Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- 1897 births
- 1969 deaths
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Marlborough rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Rugby union hookers
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Marist Saints players
- North Island rugby league team players
- Rugby league props
- North Island rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Blenheim, New Zealand