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词条 David Gillespie
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  1. Early life

  2. Professional career

  3. References

  4. External links

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David "Cement" Gillespie (born 22 March 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. Gillespie played in the Second-row and Prop forward positions for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, New South Wales and for the Australian national side.

Early life

Gilliespie was born in Narromine, New South Wales, Australia.

Professional career

Gillespie joined Sydney club Canterbury-Bankstown in 1983 and played reserve grade that year.[3]

He had his first grade début in the 1984 season. His defence was critical to Canterbury's retention of the title against a favoured St. George side in 1985, the Bulldogs winning the Grand Final 7-6 with Gillespie coming off the bench after having scored a rare try in their 26-nil win over Parramatta in the preliminary final.

The following year Gillespie was chosen play for New South Wales as a replacement in the opening State of Origin. He was favoured to tour England and France with the Kangaroos before severing his index finger in a horrible work accident, which ended his season on the eve of the 1986 finals, where the Bulldogs would eventually lose to Parramatta in the 4-2 Grand Final.[4]

1987 saw two suspensions (in one of which he was sent off on the first tackle of a match against Balmain) resulted in Gillespie missing over a third of his season. He played for English side Hunslet during the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season.[5] Returning to Australia "Cement" came back stronger in 1988 and capped off his season by scoring a try in Canterbury's 24-12 Grand Final victory over Balmain and was subsequently chosen for Australia in the World Cup final against New Zealand.

In 1990, Gillespie finally established himself as a regular representative player with powerful displays for New South Wales and in the Test against France in Parkes. At the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France and played in three more tests on tour. He placed himself in the draft and was chosen by Western Suburbs, where he was re-united with former Bulldogs Coach Warren Ryan who was now in charge of the Magpies. Now a mainstay in the National side, Gillespie's high work rate was a vital part of two big wins against New Zealand in 1991 and against Great Britain during the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, helping Australia retain The Ashes.

1993 saw Gillespie fall out with Warren Ryan {{citation needed|date=July 2017}} and signed with Manly for 1994 to play with Manly and Australian Coach Bob Fulton. However, the quicker 10-metre rule made his play – based on workrate – less effective {{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} and he lost in place in the NSW team after one match.

In 1995, Gillespie was an integral part of a Manly team that threatened to march through the season undefeated, the Sea Eagles fell close losing only twice including that years Grand Final 17-4 to his former club Canterbury-Bankstown. He would play for Australia for the final time against New Zealand that season. Gillespie would taste premiership success for the final time when he played in Manly's 20-8 1996 Grand Final win over St.George and would retire the following season after Manly's last second 22-16 loss to Newcastle in the isolated 1997 ARL Grand Final.

References

1. ^RLP
2. ^Yesterday's Hero
3. ^http://thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=player&id=485
4. ^{{cite news| last = Tait| first = Paul| coauthors =| title = Gillespie's injury the talking point at Belmore| work = The Sydney Morning Herald| place =| pages = 40| language =| publisher = Fairfax Digital| date = 1 September 1986| url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&docID=news860901_0137_7116| accessdate = 2009-10-07}}
5. ^{{cite news| last =| first =| coauthors =| title = Veivers stars in fightback| work = The Sydney Morning Herald| place =| pages = 35| language =| publisher =| date = 30 December 1987| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a1gVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=weQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3741,7146468| accessdate = 2009-10-06}}

External links

  • David Gillespie at stateoforigin.com.au
  • David Gillespie at eraofthebiff.com
{{Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs squad 1985 NSWRL premiership}}{{Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs squad 1988 NSWRL premiership}}{{Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad 1996 ARL premiership}}{{Australia squad - 1985-88 World Cup champions}}{{1990 Kangaroo Tour squad}}{{Australia 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final squad}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillespie, David}}

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