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.
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| Full name | Michael Ostini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1975 Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 30 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editOstini 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
editOstini 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
editIn 2004, Ostini became head coach of Orange CYMS who play in the Group 10 competition.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Michael Ostini - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report - Michael Ostini". www.ssralmanac.com.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) ISBN 1875169571
- ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
- ^ "Professional approach". Central Western Daily.
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