Terry O'Connor (rugby league footballer)

Terry O'Connor

Personal information
Full name	Terence Dennis Jason O'Connor
Born	(1971-10-13) 13 October 1971 (age 46) Widnes, Lancashire, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	18 st 2 lb (115 kg)
Position	prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1991–94 Salford 1994–04 Wigan 306 13 0 0 52 2005–06 Widnes Vikings 53 6 0 0 24 Total 359 19 0 0 76 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Great Britain 14 14 1996–05 Ireland 11 2001–02 Lancashire 3

Terence Dennis Jason O'Connor (born 13 October 1971) is an English former professional rugby league footballer and commentator for Sky Sports. A Great Britain, England and Ireland international and Lancashire representative Prop or second-row forward, he played his club rugby for English clubs Salford, Wigan and Widnes.

Born in Widnes, Lancashire, O'Connor was picked up from local Widnes side St Marie's after also playing for Widnes Tigers. He was a former BARLA international and toured New Zealand with them in 1991. Also on the tour was Darren Fleary, Paul Anderson and Barrie McDermott, all of them went on to gain full international honours.

In 1990 Terry signed for Salford, and played for them for three years. He had the opportunity of signing for Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Leeds and Bradford, but chose Salford as his childhood hero Steve O'Neill was part of the coaching team, along with Kevin Tamati. He was awarded Salford's young player of the year in 1991. He played in the Regal Trophy quarter-final against Wigan at the Willows and was awarded the Man-of-the-Match. He joined Wigan in 1994 for a Salford record transfer fee of £95,000 and New Zealand International Sam Panapa. Salford also got a further £10,000 when Terry played for Great Britain.