Brendan O'Meara is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Illawarra Steelers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition and the ARL and

NRL The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

competitions. O'Meara also played for the

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...

, Rochdale Hornets and Featherstone Rovers in England.

Playing career

O'Meara made his first grade debut for Illawarra against South Sydney in Round 2 1991 at the

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. The following year, O'Meara played 10 games but missed out on the club's historic finals appearance as they made it to within one game of the grand final itself. O'Meara would go on to be a regular member of the Illawarra team until the end of 1996 but the club struggled on the field and didn't make the finals from 1992 onwards. In 1997, O'Meara joined South Sydney. O'Meara spent 2 seasons at the club which were largely unsuccessful which the team finishing second last in 1997 and third last in 1998. In 1999, O'Meara signed with English side Dewsbury. O'Meara then went on to have spells with Rochdale and Featherstone before retiring at the end of 2003.

Post playing

After retiring from playing, O'Meara became a personal trainer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OMeara, Brendan 1972 births Living people Illawarra Steelers players South Sydney Rabbitohs players Dewsbury Rams players Featherstone Rovers players Rochdale Hornets players Australian rugby league players Rugby league players from Wollongong Rugby league wingers Rugby league fullbacks