Michael Ostini

Michael Ostini is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, Australian Rugby League and NRL competitions.

Michael Ostini
Personal information
Full nameMichael Ostini
Born (1975-05-07) 7 May 1975
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996 Sydney City Roosters 2 0 0 0 0
1997–98 South Sydney 29 1 0 0 4
1999 Balmain Tigers 4 0 0 0 0
Total 35 1 0 0 4
As of 30 May 2019
Source: [1]

Background

Ostini played his junior rugby league for Orange CYMS. In 1994, Ostini was named as the Penrith Panthers under 21 player of the year.

Playing career

Ostini made his first grade debut for the Sydney City Roosters in Round 15 1996 who had just changed their name from Eastern Suburbs, which was the club's name from 1908 to 1995. Ostini only made 2 appearances for the club before joining arch rivals South Sydney for the 1997 season.

Ostini made 29 appearances for Souths over 2 seasons before joining Balmain for the 1999 season. Ostini only made 4 appearances for Balmain which was their last season as a stand-alone club before they decided to merge with Western Suburbs to form the Wests Tigers. Ostini's final game in the top grade was in Round 18 1999 against the Brisbane Broncos which Brisbane won 42–10.[2][3][4]

Post playing

In 2004, Ostini became head coach of Orange CYMS who play in the Group 10 competition.[5]

gollark: Closer to a coilgun maybe, but not that close still.
gollark: No, I'm pretty sure the operating principles are very different.
gollark: This could not* go wrong.
gollark: The rockets are quite expensive, though, so the obvious solution is to have cheaper externally propelled vehicle things launched from the ground.
gollark: But several hours to go across the country is still quite significant, and if your passenger transport system cannot be used as a weapon of mass destruction it is not very good, so the obvious solution is ridiculously expensive rocket-based travel.

References
  1. "Michael Ostini - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report - Michael Ostini". www.ssralmanac.com.
  3. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) ISBN 1875169571
  4. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
  5. "Professional approach". Central Western Daily.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.