Not to be confused with Albert Conlon. Colin is the 1909 South Sydney Premiership winning captain. He won two premierships with South Sydney in 1908 and 1909. He also played in the 1910 premiership final.
Conlin originates from the South Coast of NSW, and made his way to Sydney to play lower grades with South Sydney RU and Redfern RU. He made his first grade premiership debut in the inaugural Round 1 1908 clash against North Sydney at Birchgrove Oval.
Conlin a centre, was considered the best player in the 1908 premiership final. Conlin, in 1909 was the South Sydney and NSWRL leading pointscorer for the season. In 1909 Colin took over as South Sydney's leading first grade premiership career point scorer, a record he would hold until 1912. Colin was also the NSWRL leading career pointscorer between 1910 and 1911.
Colin played 4 seasons with South Sydney. He played 32 first grade club games, which included 30 first grade premiership games.
At representative level, Conlin played 13 games between 1908 and 1910 while at South Sydney. He made his representative debut for a Sydney Metropolis team in the 3rd match against the NZ Maori. Colin defied authorities to play in this match, which was arranged to aid the 1908 NZ Maori team to get enough money to head home. He played 7 games for New South Wales, which included games against the Kangaroos, New Zealand and the NZ Maori. He also captained New South Wales on 4 occassions. Colin made his international debut for Australia in the 1909 1st Test against New Zealand at the RAS Showground. He would play 2 internationals for Australia.
He played his final first grade premiership game in the 1911 Round 10 clash against Glebe at the Sports Ground.
Player Relatives
Brother - Conlin, Charles
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Sydney - 11th April 1883 (Died - 1947)
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Bombaderry RU (1904)
South Sydney 2G RU (1905-06)
Redfern RU (1907)
Previous Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
NSW South Coast RU (1904)
Combined Burough RU (1907)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1908-11)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1908 Rd01 v North Sydney (25y 9d)
First Grade
Premiership : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1908 8 8 - 2 2 - 10
1909 8 8 - 8 10 1 46+: 1 1 - - - - -
1910 11 11 - 3 19 - 47
1911 3 3 - - 2 - 4 : 1 1 - - 1/2 - 2
TOTAL 30 30 - 13 33 1 107 : 2 2 - - 1/2 - 2
SS FG 32 32 - 13 34 1 109
+ - Top NSWRL Try / Pointscorer
Lower Grades
Second Grade : Third Grade :
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
1908 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1909 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1910 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1911 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 30 30 - 13 33 1 107 : 32 32 - 13 34 1 109
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1909 Rd01 v Balmain
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
1909 8( 8- 0-0 100%) : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
1910 7( 5- 1-1 71%) :
TOTAL 15( 13- 1-1 87%) : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
SS FG 16( 14- 1-1 88%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Sydney Metropolis 1908-09 : 2 2 - - 1/3 - 2 :
New South Wales 1909 : 5 5 - 2 4/8 - 14 : 2 2 - - 1/2 - 2
Kangaroos 1909 : : 1 1 - - 1/2 - 2
Probables 1910 : : 1 1 - - 5/5 - 10
TOTAL 11 11 - 2 12/20 - 30
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia 1909 2 2 - 1 - - 3 :
TOTAL 2 2 - 1 - - 3
ALL REPS 13 13 - 3 12/20 - 33
Captaincy CvC / Interstate/Tests : Tourists : Other
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
New South Wales 1909 : 2( 0- 0-2 0%) : 2( 0- 0-2 0%)
TOTAL 2( 0- 0-2 0%)
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1908 3/4 Sydney Metropolis v NZ Maori 3rd Match - - -
1909 3/4 New South Wales v Kangaroos 1st Match - - - (c) L
1909 3/4 New South Wales v Kangaroos 2nd Match - 1/2 - (c) L
1909 3/4 New South Wales v New Zealand 1st Match 1 3/6 -
1909 3/4 New South Wales v New Zealand 2nd Match 1 -/1 -
1909 3/4 Sydney Metropolis v New Zealand 1st Match - 1/3 -
1909 3/4 Australia v New Zealand 1st Test - - -
1909 3/4 New South Wales v New Zealand 3rd Match - - -
1909 3/4 Australia v New Zealand 3rd Test 1 - -
1909 3/4 New South Wales v NZ Maori 1st Match - 1/1 - (c) L
1909 3/4 New South Wales v NZ Maori 2nd Match - - - (c) L
1909 3/4 Kangaroos v Wallabies 4th Match - 1/2 -
1910 3/4 Probables v Possibles 1st Match - 5/5 -
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