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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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300th game<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
MARIST Albion stalwart<br />
Rowan O’Gorman will<br />
become just the second<br />
player in the club’s<br />
history to bring up 300<br />
games when they host<br />
New Brighton at Edgar<br />
MacIntosh on Saturday.<br />
Only former Canterbury<br />
prop Tala Kele (330) has<br />
played more premier<br />
games for Marist.<br />
O’Gorman remembers<br />
playing in Kele’s 300th<br />
game, which was also<br />
against New Brighton.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> rum was out and<br />
the boys were in fine form<br />
that night. I’d imagine<br />
we’ll rip into it again this<br />
Saturday, there will be a<br />
few friends and family<br />
come down,” he said.<br />
O’Gorman, 37, played<br />
his first premier match<br />
for Marist in 2000 against<br />
Shirley.<br />
After playing for the<br />
division two side earlier<br />
in the day, he travelled to<br />
Burwood Park to run on<br />
at loose forward for the<br />
final 35min.<br />
“I was playing alongside<br />
Johnny Leo’o which<br />
was pretty awesome. I<br />
remember him making a<br />
good run after a lineout<br />
and getting an off-load to<br />
me,” said O’Gorman.<br />
“At that stage, I was<br />
trying to make it and<br />
seeing whether I could<br />
get up and play pro rugby.<br />
Obviously that wasn’t to<br />
be and I’ve just kept on<br />
playing footy and enjoyed<br />
it.”<br />
O’Gorman could have<br />
easily played 400 games<br />
for Marist by now had<br />
it not been for two years<br />
spent in England, a season<br />
with Sumner and another<br />
in Nelson. Between 2009<br />
and 2017, he also racked<br />
up 51 appearances and<br />
scored 26 tries for West<br />
Coast. O’Gorman also<br />
played for Nelson Bays in<br />
2003.<br />
His favourite memory<br />
for Marist came in 2003<br />
when they defeated High<br />
School Old Boys at Rugby<br />
Park to claim the metro<br />
title.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y were a stacked<br />
team. <strong>The</strong>re would have<br />
been at least 10 Crusaders<br />
playing in that game and<br />
four or five All Blacks<br />
. . . we had Ben Blair and<br />
Casey Laulala. I think<br />
they had Mehrts [Andrew<br />
Mehrtens], Dan Carter<br />
and I think both the<br />
Mauger brothers might<br />
have been involved as<br />
well,” said O’Gorman<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re was a massive<br />
crowd there and getting<br />
the bag-pipes back into the<br />
clubrooms afterwards was<br />
pretty amazing.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>se days Saturday’s<br />
are all about rugby for<br />
O’Gorman.<br />
His day starts at 9am<br />
watching his three-yearold<br />
son Noah play for<br />
Marist. He then coaches<br />
the Christ’s College<br />
under-15 team before<br />
lunchtime.<br />
It’s then into physio<br />
for a bit loosening up<br />
and strapping before the<br />
premier side kicks off at<br />
2.45pm.<br />
Up until late last year,<br />
O’Gorman was also the<br />
rugby development officer<br />
at Marist.<br />
He says he has no plans<br />
to retire from playing<br />
anytime soon, meaning<br />
Kele’s record of 330 could<br />
be under threat.<br />
“I still go by the same<br />
token. Have a few too<br />
many beers on Saturday<br />
night and then rock up<br />
Sunday and get on with<br />
it,” said O’Gorman.
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