Robbie O'Davis
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Robbie O'Davis is an Australia
n retired rugby league
footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Queensland and Australia, and played his entire club career with the Newcastle Knights
, with whom he won two premierships.
O'Davis' primarily played at fullback though he also occasionally played on the wing. In 1995 he played for the World Cup-winning Australian side. He won the Clive Churchill Medal
for best player in the 1997 ARL Grand Final. However the following year, he tested positive for Anabolic steroids
O'Davis retired at the end of the 2004 NRL season
.
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 retired 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 1990s and 2000s. He represented Queensland and Australia, and played his entire club career with the Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
, with whom he won two premierships.
O'Davis' primarily played at fullback though he also occasionally played on the wing. In 1995 he played for the World Cup-winning Australian side. He won the Clive Churchill Medal
Clive Churchill Medal
The Clive Churchill Medal has been presented to the man-of-the-match of the National Rugby League's annual Grand Final match ever since the 1986 season. The award was created to honour Clive Churchill, one of the greatest rugby league players in Australian history, following his death in 1985...
for best player in the 1997 ARL Grand Final. However the following year, he tested positive for Anabolic steroids
O'Davis retired at the end of the 2004 NRL season
National Rugby League season 2004
The year 2004 NRL season was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen clubs competed for the Telstra Premiership...
.