# Con Sullivan

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For the English footballer, see [Con Sullivan (footballer)](/source/Con_Sullivan_(footballer)).

**Cornelius Patrick Sullivan** (31 July 1883 – 31 October 1964)[2] was a New Zealand-born [rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s and represented , , and [Australasia](/source/Australasia_rugby_league_team).

## Playing career

Sullivan started his career playing rugby in [Wellington](/source/Wellington) where he was a representative player. In 1909 he switched codes and was selected to tour Australia, winning an international cap for [New Zealand against Australia in 1909](/source/1909_New_Zealand_rugby_league_tour_of_Australia).[3] He played 5 other tour matches, scoring 2 tries. In 1910 he started playing for [North Sydney](/source/North_Sydney_Bears) in the [NSWRFL Premiership](/source/NSWRFL_Premiership).[4] Later in the year he played 2 matches for the Wellington rugby league team against Taranaki and Auckland.[5]

In his first year at the club he was selected to play for [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team), [Australia](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team) (including the first [Ashes](/source/Rugby_league_Ashes) test on Australian soil) and a combined "[Australasia](/source/Australasia_rugby_league_team)" team against the [first Great Britain Lions tourists](/source/1910_Great_Britain_Lions_tour_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand). The following year he was selected to go on the [1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain](/source/1911%E2%80%9312_Kangaroo_tour_of_Great_Britain), and played in 16 matches, for Australasia, including the third Test. Sullivan toured New Zealand with the New South Wales side in 1912-13 and played his last Test series against England in 1914 in teams captained by his clubmate and brother-in-law [Sid Deane](/source/Sid_Deane).[6]

## Later years

Sullivan later married Deane's sister with their son [Bob Sullivan](/source/Bob_Sullivan_(rugby_league)) continuing the family link with the club.[7] Bob Sullivan made a Test appearance for Australia in 1954. His younger brother John also played for Norths in the 1950s as a versatile back.[6]

Con Sullivan died in October 1964.

## References

1. [SULLIVAN, Conrad – 1909](http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=S&id=41) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120405173943/http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=S&id=41) 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine *nzleague.co.nz*

1. ["Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"](http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/con-sullivan/summary.html). Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

1. ["Past Kiwis Caps – S"](http://www.nzrl.co.nz/past-kiwis/past-kiwis-caps-s.aspx). *nzrl.co.nz*. [New Zealand Rugby League](/source/New_Zealand_Rugby_League). Retrieved 20 March 2011.

1. Whiticker/Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ISBN 1875169571

1. ["Wellington Defeats Auckland/An Exciting Finish"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19091011.2.103). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. Vol. XLVI, no. 14188. 11 October 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

1. Pollard, Jack (1965). *Gregory's Guide to Rugby League*. Australia: Grenville Publishing. p144.

1. ["Con Sullivan"](http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Con-Sullivan_7905.aspx). *Yesterday's Hero*. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

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