Michael Sullivan (born 18 June 1980) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played in the 2000s. He played in the NRL for the

Northern Eagles The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team, that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Nort ...

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby leag ...

and Canterbury-Bankstown, as well as in the Super League for the

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, usually as a .

Background

Sullivan was born in

Taree, New South Wales Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural dis ...

, Australia. Michael his junior rugby league for

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& Taree City Bulls.

Career

Sullivan made his first grade debut for the now defunct Northern Eagles in Round 26 2000 against Auckland. In 2003, Sullivan joined Cronulla-Sutherland and was a consistent member of the first grade side over the next 3 seasons. In 2006, Sullivan joined English side Warrington. Sullivan returned to the NRL in 2008 to play with Canterbury on a 2 year contract. After finishing his contract with Canterbury, Sullivan signed as Captain/Coach for the

Orange CYMS Group 10 is a rugby league competition in the Central West area of New South Wales, under the auspices of the New South Wales Rugby League. It had been under the control of Country Rugby League but that changed after the NSWRL agreed to a new cons ...

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. In Sullivan's 9 year tenure at CYMS, he has got the Club into 7 Grand Finals and won 5. The Grand Final wins were in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 & 2017. Sullivan is the most successful coach in CYMS 73 year history. In April 2018, Sullivan announced he would leave Orange CYMS to join his junior club, the

. In 2022, Sullivan was announced as the head coach for the

Berkeley Vale Panthers Berkeley Vale Panthers Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Berkeley Vale, New South Wales. They enter and organise teams for both junior & senior rugby league. In the seniors, the Panthers enter teams in all s ...

first grade team for the 2023 season and beyond.

Off the field

One of rugby league's pin-up players, Sullivan was selected as one of ''

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'' magazine's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors for 2001, and was a finalist in the Sexiest Man In Rugby League competition in 2001 and 2005. Sullivan posed with former Canterbury teammates

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and Daniel Holdsworth for the ''Gods Of Football'' charity calendar.

Career highlights

*''Junior Club:'' Wingham Tigers,

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*''First Grade Debut:'' Round 26, Northern Eagles v Warriors at Ericsson Stadium, 30 July,

References

External links

Michael Sullivan
at the Canterbury Bulldogs official website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, Michael 1980 births Living people Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Northern Eagles players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Taree Warrington Wolves players