Keith Neller (born 2 January 1960) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for
Halifax, in two separate spells in 1984-85 and 1986–88, and
Gold Coast Chargers
The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from New South Wales Rugby League season 1988, 1988 to New South Wales Rugby League season 1994, 1994, the Australian Ru ...
, as a , i.e. number 8 or 10.
Playing career
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Neller played right-, i.e. number 10, in
Halifax's 19–18 victory over
St. Helens in the
1987
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Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...
Final during the
1986–87 season at
Wembley Stadium
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,
London
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on Saturday 2 May 1987, and played right- in the 32–12 defeat by
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...
in the
1988
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Challenge Cup final during the
1987–88 season at
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
,
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
on Saturday 30 April 1988.
References
External links
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Australian rugby league players
Gold Coast Chargers players
Halifax R.L.F.C. players
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rugby league props
1960 births