Simon Gillies

Simon Gillies
Personal information
Born 4 December 1969
Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–98 Canterbury Bulldogs 161 23 0 0 92
1999 Warrington Wolves 29 6 0 0 24
Total 190 29 0 0 116
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997 New South Wales (SL) 3 2 0 0 8
Source: [1]

Simon Gillies is an Australian former professional rugby league footbller of the 1980s and '90s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative forward, he played his club football in Sydney for the Canterbury Bulldogs (with whom he won the 1995 ARL Premiership), as well as in England for the Warrington Wolves. His older brother Ben Gillies also played for the Bulldogs.

Gillies was selected to play for Canterbury-Bankstown from the reserve bench in their 1994 Grand Final loss to the Canberra Raiders. Gillies played at second-row forward for the Bulldogs in their 1995 Grand Final victory over the Sea Eagles. He was named as the Bulldogs' 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.

References

  1. Simon Gillies Rugby League Project

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