Greg Conescu
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| Born | 24 May 1960 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William "Greg" Conescu (born 24 May 1960BRL premiership in 1980) Gladstone Brothers, Redcliffe and the Brisbane Broncos.
Playing career
Born to Romanian parents, Conescu achieved
Queensland.[2]
In 1987 he played for Redcliffe in the BRL grand final.
In 1988, Conescu entered the
Australian Kangaroos side. On 20 July 1988 Conescu played for Australia in their record 62-point win over Papua New Guinea, scoring a try.[4] Despite being the incumbent Australian and Queensland hooker, he was surprisingly dropped to reserve grade by coach Wayne Bennett in favour of a young Kerrod Walters.[5]
Accolades
In 2000, Conescu was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in the sport of rugby league.[citation needed]
As part of State of Origin's 25th anniversary in 2005, the
Australian Rugby League announced the 25 greatest players for both Queensland and New South Wales, with Conescu named for the Queenslanders.[6]
Conescu was named as a reserve in an all-time greatest Norths Devils team announced in 2008.[7]
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090126083231/http://qrl.com.au/qrl_history/qld_rep_c.php Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au
- ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
- ^ "Factbox on inaugural Brisbane, Melbourne and Gold Coast teams" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 25 August 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "O'Connor helps set Test records". The Age. 21 July 1988. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ISBN 0-7022-3342-0.
- ^ "Origin's greatest named" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 30 March 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Pramberg, Bernie (17 August 2008). "Cameron Smith and Greg Inglis in Norths Devis 'greatest' team". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.