Michael Speechley
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Speechley | |||||
| Nickname | The Lawnmower, Speech | |||||
| Born | 29 April 1964[1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb)[1] | |||||
| Position | five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1983 | Newtown Jets | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 1984–1985 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986–1992 | Cronulla Sharks | 120 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
| 1994–1995 | Parramatta Eels | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 173 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 86 | |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Michael Speechley (born 29 April 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league player for the Newtown Jets, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Cronulla Sharks and the Parramatta Eels. His career spanned thirteen seasons in first-grade Australian competition. He primarily played at five-eighth.
Speechley was nicknamed The Lawnmower by a commentator in reference to his tackling technique.
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 Gary Lester (editor) (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 56. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
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