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Post by Electric Eel on May 30, 2020 16:58:31 GMT 10
 Graeme Olling Born - 1948 Parramatta 1975 - 1980 Games - 88 Wikipedia |
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Post by Electric Eel on May 30, 2020 16:58:47 GMT 10
Tough prop, a Parramatta junior who won a Second Division premiership with Wentworthville in 1971, spent three seasons with Easts before his career took off in the mid 1970s. Moving to Parramatta, Olling played in the club's maiden grand final appearance in 1976 and was selected for NSW the following year. In 1977 he represented Australia in the World Cup competition and took part in the historic grand final draw and replay against St George. Olling admitted to taking steroids during his career but this was when the code was still naive about the value of performance-enhancing drugs and his disclosure caused only a minor ripple of controversy. He was certainly a good enough prop on his own merits, appearing in four Tests during 1978. After playing in two Tests against NZ, Olling toured with the Kangaroos and was selected in the first two Tests against Great Britain. A knee injury signalled the end of his Sydney career although he later captain-coached Temora in 1981.
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Post by Electric Eel on May 30, 2020 16:59:05 GMT 10
Graham Olling is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative forward, he played his club football mainly in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for Parramatta and Eastern Suburbs.
Playing career
A Parramatta junior, Olling won a Second Division premiership with Wentworthville in 1971 before entering the NSWRFL Premiership with the Eastern Suburbs club the following year. There he played for three seasons before moving back to Parramatta. At the end of the 1976 NSWRFL season he was part of a forward pack which included Ray Higgs, Geoff Gerard, Ron Hilditch, Denis Fitzgerald and Ray Price, which lost the Eels' maiden grand final 13–10 to Manly-Warringah. The following year he played in the drawn grand final with St. George and its replay.
In 1977 Olling made headlines when he became the first rugby league player to admit to taking anabolic steroids. It was a six-week course taken under medical supervision in the off-season and was not illegal at the time. During 1978 he was selected to play for New South Wales against Queensland and then became Kangaroo No. 506 when he made his international début against the visiting New Zealand side. At the end of that season Olling was selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, playing in Test matches against both nations. A broken leg reduced the amount of football Olling played in 1980 and he left Sydney.
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