Terry Fahey
Encyclopedia
Terry Fahey is an Australian former professional rugby league
player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
, Eastern Suburbs
and Canberra Raiders
clubs. He was a powerful, hard-running wing-threequarter.
Fahey was born in Wellington, New South Wales
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final. The following year he was selected to represent Country against City as well as Australia in the 1975 World Championship series. He left his club Wellington to move to the Sydney competition in 1975 to play for Souths. He went on to play 90 first grade matches for the Rabbitohs in the years 1976-1980 scoring 46 tries
and 28 goals for a total of 194 points. In 1981 he joined Easts where he would stay for two seasons. He was the season's leading try scorer in 1981 with fifteen tries. Fahey signed with Canberra in 1983 but damaged bone in his neck caused him to sit out the entire 1985 season. He was playing again in 1986 and remained with the Raiders until the end of the 1987 season, when he retired.
Fahey played three tests for Australia between 1975 and 1981 (scoring three tries) and a total of eight internationals. He also played eight games for New South Wales, two being State of Origin
matches in 1981 and 1982.
Team of the 1970s when it was announced in 2005.
He became involved in breeding and training greyhounds and has since moved on to racehorse training.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
, Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
and Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
clubs. He was a powerful, hard-running wing-threequarter.
Fahey was born in Wellington, New South Wales
Wellington, New South Wales
Wellington is a town in inland New South Wales, Australia located at the junction of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers. The town is the administrative centre of the Wellington Shire Local Government Area. The town is 362 kilometres from Sydney on the Great Western Highway and Mitchell Highway...
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Playing career
Nicknamed the "Redfern Express", started his football career in the New South Wales country, playing in Western Division's win in the 1974 Amco Cup1974 Amco Cup
The 1974 Amco Cup was won by New South Wales Country Rugby League's Western Division team. They were coached by Johnny King and included players such as Geoff Lousick, Nelson Smith and Terry Fahey.-Format:...
final. The following year he was selected to represent Country against City as well as Australia in the 1975 World Championship series. He left his club Wellington to move to the Sydney competition in 1975 to play for Souths. He went on to play 90 first grade matches for the Rabbitohs in the years 1976-1980 scoring 46 tries
Try
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
and 28 goals for a total of 194 points. In 1981 he joined Easts where he would stay for two seasons. He was the season's leading try scorer in 1981 with fifteen tries. Fahey signed with Canberra in 1983 but damaged bone in his neck caused him to sit out the entire 1985 season. He was playing again in 1986 and remained with the Raiders until the end of the 1987 season, when he retired.
Fahey played three tests for Australia between 1975 and 1981 (scoring three tries) and a total of eight internationals. He also played eight games for New South Wales, two being State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
matches in 1981 and 1982.
Post playing
Fahey was named on the wing in the NRL'sNational Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
Team of the 1970s when it was announced in 2005.
He became involved in breeding and training greyhounds and has since moved on to racehorse training.