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Sydney Roosters legend Barry ‘Bunny’ Reilly passes away – Wide World of Sports

‘Everyone knew the legend of Bunny’

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One of the toughest and most feared players in rugby league history has died, losing a long battle with kidney failure.
Barry ‘Bunny’ Reilly – a Roosters legend and key member of the premiership-winning teams of 1974-75 – passed away last night.
Barry ‘Bunny’ Reilly takes a run for the Roosters against St George during the 1974 season. (Sydney Morning Herald)
A ferocious tackling back-rower, Reilly was smaller than most modern day halfbacks but was known as ‘The Axe’ during his career – because…

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