Personal information
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Full name | Malcolm John Reilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Barkston Ash district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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Playing information
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Position | Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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Source: RLP Yesterday's Hero |
Malcolm J. Reilly (born 19 January 1948) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and coach of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford (twice) in England, and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Australia, as a Loose forward/Lock, and coaching at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Castleford, Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield Giants, and Hull Kingston Rovers in England, and Newcastle Knights in Australia taking them to their first premiership in 1997. In 2014 he was inaugurated into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame, making him one of the best 25 players in the history of Rugby League in the UK.
Mal Reilly won caps for England while at Castleford in 1970 against Wales, and France, and in 1977 against Wales (sub), and won caps for Great Britain while at Castleford in 1970 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), and in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, and Australia.