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Arthur Branighan
Arthur James Branighan (born 1943) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. Playing career A local junior from the Redfern United Club, Branighan was graded with South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney in 1963 and went on to play nine seasons with the club between 1963 and 1971. He was approached by legendary junior coach, former international Clem Kennedy to play Presidents Cup for South Sydney in 1962, and his career went on from there. After an illustrious career at Souths, which included two premiership victories in 1968 NSWRFL season, 1968 and 1970 NSWRFL season, 1970 a groin injury forced his retirement in 1972. Branighan was also a member of Souths unsuccessful Grand Final team of 1965 NSWRFL season, 1965 and was a non playing reserve for the 1969 NSWRFL season, 1969 and 1971 NSWRFL season, 1971 Grand Final teams. He is the brother of fellow South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney player, Ray Branighan.Alan Whiticker: ''Glory Days; Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital, Sydney. They are often called Souths or The Bunnies. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making them one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. The Rabbitohs were formed, under their original 1908 articles of association, with the NSWRL competition, to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, Mascot and Botany. They are one of only two NSW foundation clubs still present in the NRL, the other being the Sydney Roosters. The Rabbitohs' traditional heartland covers the once typically working-class suburbs of inner-south Sydney. The club is ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clem Kennedy
Clement Michael Kennedy (25 November 1921 – 17 December 2010) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played first grade Australian club football for the South Sydney club along with a brief stint for Newtown. Kennedy also played for both the New South Wales and Australia representative sides and served Australia during the Second World War seeing action in the Kokoda Track campaign. Background He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rugby league career Kennedy signed for South Sydney for the start of the 1939 New South Wales Rugby League premiership where he quickly cemented his place in the sides starting thirteen and became known as 'The Mighty Atom' or 'The Little Bully' because of his small stature, rough play and ability. He served during the Second World War from 1941 to 1944 before returning to the Rabbitohs where his performances earned him a call up to the New South Wales side in late 1945 and the following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 NSWRFL Season
The 1968 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 61st season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Twelve teams, including six Sydney-based foundation teams and another six from around Sydney competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and the WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between South Sydney and Manly-Warringah. Season summary The 1968 season's Rothmans Medallist was Cronulla-Sutherland's Terry Hughes. The Balmain club narrowly missed out on a place in the top four, which was made up of South Sydney, Manly-Warringah, St. George and Eastern Suburbs. Teams Ladder Finals Grand Final Manly was making its fourth ever Grand Final appearance and still looking for its first title. 21-year-old captain Bob Fulton led a young Sea Eagles side, while Souths was skippered by John Sattler who that season had been honoured as "Catholic Sportsman of the Year". Neither team lineup had any players older than 29 years of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 NSWRFL Season
The 1970 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 63rd season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six foundation clubs and another six admitted post 1908, competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season which culminated in a grand final match for the WD & HO Wills Cup between the Manly-Warringah and South Sydney clubs. Season summary Following the previous season's "lay-down" or "stop-start" grand final, rugby league's rules were changed for this season so that rather than stopping the game to call a doctor onto the field when a player goes down injured, the ball is given to a team-mate to play so that no advantage can be gained from feigning injury. Head-high tackles were also outlawed at the commencement of the 1971 season. Each side met all others twice in twenty-two regular season rounds before the top four finishers, Souths, Manly, St. George and Canterbury, fought out four finals fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 NSWRFL Season
The 1965 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 58th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten clubs from across the city competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and the WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between St. George and South Sydney. The 1965 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Norm Provan. Teams Ladder Finals Grand Final In 1965, the Sydney Cricket Ground could accommodate 70,000. With capacity already reached two hours before kick-off the SCG staff closed the gates and posted an attendance figure of just over 78,000, a ground record that still stands as of 2016 and with changes to the venue in the years since resulting in a decreased capacity of 48,000 is unlikely to be broken. Meanwhile, the surrounding streets and parklands were packed with an estimated 40,000 people who were still trying to get into a ground. Hundreds ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 NSWRFL Season
The 1969 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 62nd season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six Sydney-based foundation teams and another six from the Sydney area competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between Balmain and South Sydney. Season summary South Sydney fullback Eric Simms' tally of 265 points for the season from 112 goals, 19 field-goals and one try topped the season point scoring record that had been set in the 1935 season by Dave Brown. The 1969 season's Rothmans Medallist was South Sydney's Denis Pittard. The 1969 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, John Raper. Teams Ladder Finals In the Preliminary Final, Balmain trailed 12-14 against Manly-Warringah until late in the match when winger George Ruebner charged for the corne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 NSWRFL Season
The 1971 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixty-fourth season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six foundation clubs and another six admitted since 1908, competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a Grand Final match for the W.D. & H.O. Wills between the South Sydney and St. George clubs. Season summary The season saw the number of tackles in a set increased from four to six. In addition, the number of points awarded for a field goal was reduced from two to one. Each side met all others twice in twenty-two regular season rounds, resulting in the top four teams consisting of Manly-Warringah, South Sydney, St. George and Parramatta who fought out three finals for the right to play in the Grand Final. The 1971 Rothmans Medal was won by South Sydney's five-eighth Denis Pittard while ''Rugby League Week'' awarded their player of the year award to Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Branighan
Ray Branighan (born 5 December 1947) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, a star and of the 1970s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, as well as the New South Wales state and Australian national representative sides. Background Ray Branighan was born in Sydney, Australia. Souths club career Branighan played 57 games with South Sydney between 1968 and 1971. He played in the 1970 and 1971 victorious Rabbitohs Grand Finals scoring tries in both. In 2004 he was named by Souths in their ''South Sydney Dream Team'', from the official South Sydney website. consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from |
South Sydney Rabbitohs Players
Following are lists of all rugby league footballers who have played first-grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club. Players and statistics ''Correct as of the end of the 2022 NRL season'' Club Internationals – Australia The following players have represented Australia whilst playing for South Sydney. * Tommy Anderson * Jim Armstrong * Alf Blair * Cec Blinkhorn * Ray Branighan * Tim Brasher * Arthur Butler * Billy Cann * Mark Carroll * Clive Churchill * Michael Cleary * Arthur Conlin * Damien Cook * Ron Coote * Les Cowie * Frank Curran * Steve Darmody * Les Davidson * Jim Davis * Denis Donoghue * Terry Fahey * Harry Finch * Bryan Fletcher * Dane Gagai * Herb Gilbert * Bob Grant * John Graves * Howard Hallett * Ernie Hammerton * Greg Hawick * Bob Honan * Greg Inglis * Brian James * Alex Johnston * Harry Kadwell * Clem Kennedy * John Kerwick * Jack Leveson * Eric Lewis * Jimmy Lisle * Bob McCarthy * Eddie McGrath * Paddy Maher * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rugby League Players
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