Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Augustine Francis O'Rourke
- Born
- Thursday, 18th January, 1906
- Died
- Thursday, 24th November, 1994 (Aged 88 years and 310 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1927
Known Family Links
- Brother-in-law
- Jim Dunworth
- Robert Dunworth
- Cousin
- Les Murphy
Biography
University winger who appeared in the club’s 1926 final loss to Souths departed Australia at the end of the 1927 season to play with Leeds in England. Distinguishing himself as one of the leading centres in England, O’Rourke scored 112 tries during his English career.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Born in Morpeth, NSW.
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| Tour Matches | Universities XIII | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 39 | 15 | 29 | - | 103 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 35.90% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 6 | 2 | 6 | - | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Other | 1929-30 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Universities XIII | 1924-25 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1924 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1924-27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | - | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1925, 1927 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1924-1927 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| University | NSWRFL 1924 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| University | NSWRFL 1925 | 10 | 6 | 15 | - | 48 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| University | NSWRFL 1926 | 13 | 3 | 14 | - | 37 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| University | NSWRFL 1927 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.50% | List | ||||
| University | NSWRFL 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| University | 1924-27, 1934 | 39 | 15 | 29 | - | 103 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 35.90% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
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