Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Mark Ivan O'Brien
- Born
- Wednesday, 27th May, 1959
- Died
- Thursday, 14th January, 2021 (Aged 61 years and 232 days)
Additional Notes
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 53 | 5 | - | - | 16 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 35.85% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 64 | 5 | - | - | 16 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 42.19% | List | |||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1977 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1978 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12.50% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1979 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1980 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1981 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1982 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1983 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1977-83 | 53 | 5 | - | - | 16 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 35.85% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
21 Aug 2011 9:44am
speedy type of player who played above his wieght.good front on defence.
15 Jan 2021 2:04pm
Sadly Mark has recently passed away
20 Jan 2021 10:41am
Very underrated five eighth, played well above his weight, great head on defender. RIP. Mark
21 Jan 2021 2:40am
Now deceased.
22 Jan 2021 5:06am
Mark had the best sidestep, quickest hands ever and always thought of his mates before him self, great mate true gentleman... will be sadly missed
22 Feb 2021 12:47am
Mark passed away in January 2021
18 Jul 2022 8:07am
Rip Mark..love you brother
2 Jul 2025 5:14am
a great guy one of a kind
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