Robbie O’Davis

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Robbie O’Davis : biography

3 September 1972 –

Robbie O’Davis

O’Davis grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland where, at 16 he played senior rugby league alongside his father. After playing in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership for Eastern Suburbs, he joined the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership with the Newcastle Knights. In 1995 O’Davis played for the World Cup-winning Australian side. He won the Clive Churchill Medal for best player in the 1997 ARL season’s Grand Final. However the following year, he and Newcastle teammate Wayne Richards tested positive for Anabolic steroids and received maximum 22-match bans.http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/V3ByKey/LA19980625 New South Wales Parliament (Hansard transcript), 25 June 1988. Search keyword "Robbie"http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980618/ai_n14151893 Independent, The (London), 18 Jun, 1998 by Dave Hadfield. Search keyword "Robbie"

O’Davis played for Newcastle at fullback in their 2001 NRL Grand Final victory over the Parramatta Eels. He retired at the end of the 2004 NRL season.