Gareth O'Brien
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gareth O'Brien | |||||
| Born | 31 October 1991[1] Warrington, England | |||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1] | |||||
| Weight | 12 st 11 lb (81 kg)[1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half, Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2011–15 | Warrington Wolves | 61 | 18 | 77 | 3 | 229 |
| 2012(loan) | → Widnes Vikings | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 2013(DR) | → Swinton Lions | 10 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 45 |
| 2013(loan) | → Castleford Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013(loan) | → St Helens | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| 2016– | Salford Red Devils | 32 | 6 | 87 | 1 | 199 |
| Total | 116 | 25 | 224 | 6 | 554 | |
| As of 3 December 2016 | ||||||
| Source: Warrington Wolves Website | ||||||
Gareth O'Brien is a professional rugby league player who is currently contracted to Warrington of Super League.
Gareth is a product of the Warrington academy, he is seen as the long term replacement for Lee Briers.
Gareth is the ambassador for the Rett syndrome research trust www.reverserett.org.uk, even posing as Mr. July in their Natural Wire Calendar, in which several players posed nude.
Warrington
Statistics do NOT include pre-season friendlies.
2011 - 2011 Season
O'Brien made his debut in the 80-0 Challenge Cup win over Keighley, he marked his debut with a try. He made his Super League debut in Round 14 against Castleford, partnering Lee Briers as the half-backs. O'Brien steered the team to a 62-0 win crossing the line for a try himself. Gareth then featured in the record breaking 112-0 home win against Swinton in the 4th Round of the Challenge Cup. An injury prevented him from playing for the rest of the season.
2012 - 2012 Season O'Brien featured in Round 10 (Widnes) to Round 20 (Catalans Dragons. Gareth featured in Round 22 (Bradford). He also featured in Round 4 and 5 in the Challenge Cup against Keighley and Bradford. He scored against Salford (8 goals), Widnes (10 goals), [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] (1 try), Leeds (2 tries, 1 goal), Hull (6 goals), Catalans Dragons (1 goal) and Bradford (2 goals).
2013 - 2013 Season
O'Brien featured in Round 7 (Salford) and Round 9 (Widnes). O'Brien featured in the Challenge Cup against Keighley. He scored against Salford (1 goal), Widnes (3 goals) and Keighley (1 try).
2014
O'Brien featured in Round 1 (St Helens) to Round 6 (Wigan). Gareth then featured in Round 9 (Widnes) to Round 11 (Bradford). Gareth then played in Round 18 (Bradford) to Round 27 (Wigan). O'Brien played in Round 5 (Doncaster) of the Challenge Cup. Gareth also featured in the playoffs in the Elimination Play Off (Widnes) to the Preliminary Semi Final (Castleford). He scored against Widnes (1 try), Bradford (2 tries), Castleford (2 tries), Huddersfield (1 try, 4 goals) and St Helens (1 try, 1 goal).
2015
Gareth featured in the World Club Series against St George Illawarra Dragons. He scored against the Dragons (1 try, 2 goals).
O'Brien featured in Round 1 (Salford) to Round 9 (Castleford). He played in Round 17 (Catalans Dragons) to Round 18 (Huddersfield) then in Round 20 (Wigan Warriors) to Round 23 (Castleford Tigers). O'Brien also featured in the Challenge Cup in Round 6 (Dewsbury) to the Semi Final (Hull KR). He scored against Hull (1 goal, 1 drop goal), Catalans Dragons (6 goals), St Helens (6 goals), Huddersfield (2 tries, 4 goals, 1 drop goal), Widnes (1 goal), Castleford (1 try, 5 goals), Leigh Centurions (4 goals), Wigan Warriors (1 try, 2 goals, 1 drop goal), Wakefield Wildcats (6 goals) and Hull KR (3 goals).
Widnes
2012 - 2012 Season
O'Brien was sent out on loan for a month to Super League strugglers Widnes. Gareth made his debut in Round 6 against Wigan where he kicked 6 goals to help the Chemics to a 37-36 victory. He played in Round 7 against Hull but could only manage a goal as Widnes slipped to a 58-10 defeat. He featured in Round 8 (London Broncos) and kicked 7 goals to help Widnes to a 38-30 win. Gareth converted Widnes' only try in the 76-6 loss against Catalans Dragons in Round 9.
St Helens
O'Brien was sent on loan to St Helens for a month in 2013. He made his debut against Huddersfield and kicked 2 goals in the 25-16 loss. He then featured against Bradford (5 goals). O'Brien then kicked 8 goals against Salford and 1 goal against Hull Kingston Rovers. Gareth then kicked 6 goals in the 40-24 win against Castleford. O'Brien helped the Saints to a famous 22-16 victory over arch rivals Wigan by kicking 2 goals. Gareth also kicked a goal in the 26-6 win against Catalans Dragons.
In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Gareth O'Brien". http://warringtonwolves.com. Warrington Wolves. 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.