Ned O'Brien


Edward Joseph O'Brien was an Australian international rugby union player.

Biography

Emigrating from Ireland at age 16, O'Brien was based in Central Queensland and went by the nickname "Hannah".
O'Brien was a Queensland representative lock forward and gained international honours on Australia's 1905 tour of New Zealand, where he featured in minor matches against Canterbury and Auckland, after which he retired.
A Mount Morgan miner, O'Brien was employed for close to three decades as a check inspector.