Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 29th April, 1964
- Current Age
- 61 years and 329 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.
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| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) | - | 178 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 87 | 85 | 6 | 48.88% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL Finals | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 188 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 90 | 93 | 92 | 6 | 49.47% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1989-90 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1983 | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | 22 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRL 1984 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRL 1985 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1986 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 36.84% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1987 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 47.62% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1988 | 21 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1989 | 20 | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1990 | 16 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1991 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1992 | 11 | 1 | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | |
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1993 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1994 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | ARL 1995 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1983 | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | 22 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1984-85 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | 1986-92 | 120 | 13 | - | / | 1 | 0.00% | 4 | 56 | 64 | 51 | 5 | 53.33% | List | |
| Parramatta | 1993-95 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1983-1995 | 178 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 87 | 85 | 6 | 48.88% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Steven Russo, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Newspapers

Your Say
15/11/2009
Speechley was the last ex former Newtown player to retire. When he retired after playing for Parramatta in 1995.
18/08/2018
Michael Speechley played for Gymea A Grade after his first grade career
13/07/2020
great bloke and former player have a beer with him in ramsgate
every now and again asks me questions about footy which im very good at
18/07/2020
Textbook tackler, one of the games best.
03/03/2021
Great player excellent hands, the last of the technique tacklers, could cut them down in a millisecond and his young brother Mark was pretty good too. A pleasure to watch.
05/12/2024
What was the name of his farther.
Raph ?
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