Sullivan grew up in Sydney where he attended Westfields Sports High School. In 1999 he toured France, Ireland and England with the Australian schoolboys team. The team was undefeated and Sullivan played alongside Braith Anasta, Mark Gasnier, Brent Tate and Jamie Lyon.[2] As an Australian representative, Sullivan was inducted into the Westfields Sports Hall of Fame and also won a New South Wales Sporting Blue.[3][4]
Parramatta Eelsedit
Sullivan was a junior at the Parramatta Eels while at Westfields Sports and he made his National Rugby League debut for the club in 2001. He played five games that season, coming off the bench. This was enough to earn the Eric Grothe rookie of the year award as the club's best youngster in 2001.[5]
He had an impressive off season with the club in 2002,[6] and was even talked about as a possible NRL Rookie of the Year award winner for the 2002 season.[7] However he suffered a severe knee injury and required a knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.[8] This was later compounded when he developed a Golden staph infection which ruined his next two seasons and haunted him for the rest of his career.
New Zealand Warriorsedit
In 2004 Sullivan joined the New Zealand Warriors, seeking to rebuild his career. At the time the head coach was Daniel Anderson, who had previously coached Sullivan in the youth sides at Parramatta. Sullivan managed to play one game for the Warriors, starting in the second row, before again suffering knee problems. He was later ruled out for the season. When Daniel Anderson was fired and replaced by Tony Kemp midway through the season Sullivan decided to retire and return to Australia.[9][10]
^Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League Teams and Results (1972-2007) 30 September 2007 at the Wayback MachineLeagueNet
^Westfields Sports Hall of Fame 25 January 2016 at the Wayback MachineWestfields Sports High School
^New South Wales Sporting Blue Awards 20 July 2008 at the Wayback MachineWestfields Sports High School
^Honour Roll 21 December 2008 at the Wayback Machineparraeels.com.au
^Parramatta coach Smith happy with young Eels[dead link]AAP, 9 February 2002
^Sullivan ignores talk of being the next boom rookie[dead link]AAP, 9 March 2002
^List of players who have previously undergone ACL reconstruction 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machineinjuryupdate.com.au
^Changes for Warriors team named to play the Cowboys - Tookey and Murphy dropped while Toopi is back in rugbyleague.co.nz, 15 June 2004
^2005 Player Movements[dead link]Darryl's Rugby League, 2005
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