Dean Schifilliti

Dean Schifilliti

Personal information
Born	30 March 1968 (1968-03-30) (age 43) Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Position	Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1989–1993	Illawarra Steelers	102	16	0	0	64
1994	South Sydney Rabbitohs	6	0	0	0	0
1995–1996	North Queensland Cowboys	11	0	0	0	0
1997–1998	Adelaide Rams	35	6	0	0	24
1999–2000	Parramatta Eels	30	1	0	0	4 [1]
	Total	184	23	0	0

Dean Schifilliti (born 30 March 1968) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s.^[1]

Illawarra Steelers

Originally from Queensland, Schifilitti joined Illawarra in 1989^[1] and took over the captaincy at the end of 1991. He was the Illawarra Steelers' hooker and captain and came of age in the 1992 semi-finals series as an aggressive, seasoned on-field leader. Schifilliti signed with the North Queensland Cowboys in anticipation of the club's debut in 1995 and was one of the northerners most promising signings of all.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

But Schifilliti joined South Sydney Rabbitohs in the interim and played stoutly for the Rabbitohs' including the win over Brisbane Broncos in the final of the Tooheys Challenge in 1994. But sadly before heading to North Queensland he added what appeared to be another case of bad luck for the Cowboys, suffering a knee injury.

North Queensland Cowboys

After his unfortunate knee injury in 1994 Dean looked to be recovering managing to take the field for the Cowboys inaugural game. But unfortunately while playing did further damage to his knee never fully recovering and missing the rest of season 1995.

Adelaide Rams

Dean never managed to get it together in season 1996 and was released from North Queensland for the new Super League Adelaide Rams.^[1] He recovered from his woes of injuries and played two solid years at the new Adelaide franchise getting some fine form together becoming a key signing.

Parramatta Eels

Schifilliti hit such great form that he was picked up by strong premiership contenders Parramatta after Adelaide folded. He had some success there after a very long career until finally retiring in 2000.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Dean_Schifilliti.html

Persondata
Name	Schifilitti, Dean
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 March 1968
Place of birth	Queensland
Date of death
Place of death