David Shillington

David Shillington

Personal information
Nickname	Shillo
Born	(1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 33) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–08 Sydney Roosters 73 5 0 0 20 2009–15 Canberra Raiders 131 5 0 0 20 2016 Gold Coast Titans 11 1 0 0 4 Total 215 11 0 0 44 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–13 Queensland 8 0 0 0 0 2009–12 Australia 14 0 0 0 0 2009–13 Prime Minister's XIII 4 2 0 0 8 2010 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 20 March 2016 Source: Rugby League Project

David Shillington (born 24 June 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative prop forward, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters and Canberra Raiders. Shillington also works as a columnist for The Canberra Times.

Shillington has two older brothers and a younger brother. He attended Padua College, Brisbane. Shillington played his junior rugby league for the Brisbane Brothers.

He started his NRL career playing for the Sydney Roosters from 2005 until 2008. He was thought to be eligible to represent France for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Shillington signed a 4-year deal with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2009.

In April 2009, he was named in the preliminary 25-man squad to represent Queensland in the opening State of Origin match for 2009. He did not make an appearance for the Maroons until the 3rd game of the series though. At the end of the 2009 season Shillington was selected as part of the Australian squad that travelled to Europe for the 2009 Four Nations tournament. He made his debut against England. In December, 2009, Shillington was arrested for drink driving after testing more than twice the legal limit.