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John Dowling (rugby league)
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John Dowling is an Australia
n former rugby league
footballer of the 1970s and 80s.
in 1972 before joining Wynnum-Manly in 1974.
A Queensland rep against France
in 1977, Dowling ventured to the St. George Dragons
in 1979 but missed the club's grand final success that year because of injury.
He went on to play in three Rugby League State of Origin
matches for Queensland in 1982 before returning to Brisbane at the end of the 1984 season.
Dowling was a lower grade coach under Craig Young
at St. George in the late 1980s.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n former rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1970s and 80s.
Biography
Murwillumbah hooker came to Brisbane EastsEasts Tigers
The Eastern Suburbs Tigers are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, which is in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1934 to 1996. From 1996 they have competed in the Queensland Cup. Their jersey is traditionally an all gold jersey...
in 1972 before joining Wynnum-Manly in 1974.
A Queensland rep against France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1977, Dowling ventured to the St. George Dragons
St. George Dragons
The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,...
in 1979 but missed the club's grand final success that year because of injury.
He went on to play in three Rugby League State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
matches for Queensland in 1982 before returning to Brisbane at the end of the 1984 season.
Dowling was a lower grade coach under Craig Young
Craig Young
Craig Young is an Australian former representative rugby league footballer for the Australia national rugby league team, the New South Wales Blues and a stalwart player over 11 seasons from 1977 to 1988 with the St. George Dragons in the NSWRL premiership competition. He played at prop-forward...
at St. George in the late 1980s.