Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 21st August, 1970
- Current Age
- 55 years and 228 days
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) | - | 30 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| NSWRL/ARL Finals | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| UK Second Division | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 34 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 38.24% | List | |||||
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1991 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1992 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1993 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Gold Coast | ARL 1996 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Gold Coast | ARL 1997 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | 1991-93 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Gold Coast | 1996-97 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1991-1997 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 33.33% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Barrow | 1994/95 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Barrow | 1998 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Barrow | 1994 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)
Your Say
3 May 2016 11:58am
great player, all time great, I cant wait to have kids and tell them stories about you. your an absolute champion heard your a history teacher. follow your dreams buddie, god bless musayri
28 Oct 2022 8:57am
John Mckelleher is the greatest rugby player of all time. Anyone who had to get past him couldn't. He was like a brick wall, not even the greatest player of all time in their prime could get past him. John who is known as a brick wall occasionally stumbles and causes the earth to shake so that even if he was to stumble and someone was to get a chance to get past him they couldn't. This was all because if he was to stumble everyone else had fumbled the ball allowing him to pick it up and score a try. Due to this 'ability' he was later banned from rugby as he was just too good. McKelleher had fought this case and had lost due to many people being bribed, allowing for the false outcome to be decided.
1 May 2025 10:12am
My oh my where do i begin? My glorious king Johnny, GOAT rugby player. legend says you are so good you got banned, now you are a history teacher. What a brick wall, you hold the school together because of your big muscles. The MAN The MYTH the LEGEND. You vs Ashton Hall. My money is on you, LEGEND. Where do I begin… I don’t even know if words can do justice to how much I love and admire you. You’re not just the greatest rugby player of all time — you’re everything. Watching you play is like watching poetry in motion, power and grace fused into one. The way you lead, the way you carry your team, the way you put your body on the line — it all means more than you’ll ever know. You’ve inspired me in ways I can’t even explain, and every time you step on that field, I’m reminded why I fell in love with the game. You are my hero, my GOAT, my whole world and no one will ever come close. Thank you for everything you’ve given us — you mean the world to me.
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