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Graeme O'Grady

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60: 444:, to premierships in 1986 and 1988. and remained involved with the club for decades afterwards. He played for the Northern Rivers team in the Country Championships in 1986, and then captained the same side to victory in 1987. O'Grady was named at five-eighth in the Western Suburbs Team of the Seventies. 379:
In round 14 of 1978, O'Grady scored two tries and a field-goal in a victory over Penrith. He had been heavily tackled earlier in the game, and was, "in considerable pain from a badly bruised neck." He played lock in the semi-finals in 1978, as the Magpies went as far as the preliminary final.
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A small player, even by the standards of his time, O'Grady was described as, "A tough, nuggetty player with a good step and effective kicking game," and, less flatteringly, as, "a refugee from a garden gnome colony."
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to Newtown as part of, "probably the biggest buying splurge in the club's history." He spent the next three seasons there under former Magpies lower-grade coach
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before being recalled to first grade in 1976. From that point on, O'Grady was a regular in the Magpies team. In 1977, O'Grady was selected as the
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suffered a jaw injury. He was a member of the Newtown side that went down by 11–20 to
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After six games with Western Suburbs in 1974, O'Grady spent the following year at
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and one state representative appearance. O'Grady primarily played at
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from 1983. He announced his intention to retire before the
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Akan Clarkson (13 May 1980). "O'Grady fullback for Jets".
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The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players – Wests Tigers
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Index

Australia
Five-eighth
Lock
Western Suburbs
Newtown
St George
New South Wales
rugby league
New South Wales Rugby League
Western Suburbs Magpies
Newtown Jets
St. George Dragons
lock
Wests Illawarra
Amco Cup's
Easts
captain
Tommy Raudonikis
Warren Ryan
Phil Sigsworth
Parramatta
1981 Grand Final
Roy Masters
St. George Dragons
1985 Grand Final
John Fifita
Canterbury Bulldogs
Gold Coast
Group 18
Cudgen Hornets

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