Phil Regan

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Nickname(s)
Wongo

Biography

One of the first city-bred rugby league players to go to a NSW country area and develop the code, 'Wongo' Regan spent time with Cootamundra and helped the game flourish in the Riverina area.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 59 7 1   - 23 39 19 1 66.10% List
NSWRFL Finals 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
City Cup 30 8 2   - 28 17 13 0 56.67% List
Country Carnival 4 1 -   - 3 2 2 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches Cootamundra 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Metropolis 1919 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
AIF 1919 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Southern Division 1924-25 4 1 -   - 3 2 2 0 50.00% List
Cootamundra 1924 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1919-1925 7 1 0   0 3 4 3 0 57.14% List


Club Career

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe NSWRFL 1911 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1912 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1913 10 2 -   - 6 5 5 0 50.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1914 7 - -   - - 3 3 1 42.86% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1915 14 2 1   - 8 12 2 0 85.71% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1917 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1919 8 1 -   - 3 6 2 0 75.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1920 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1922 11 2 -   - 6 8 3 0 72.73% List

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe 1911-15, 1917, 1919-20, 1922 59 7 1   - 23 39 19 1 66.10% List

Your Say

  • phil grohala
    14/06/2016

    just some further info; Phil Regan was actually selected to play in the Australian Team only to have the selection withdrawn on the basis of a rule at the time... Phil Regan had a criminal record - being Truancy (absent from school when he was 11yo) He went on to play in the NSWCRL for Cootamundra 1922-1927 and won the Mayers Cup as a player and a coach... Phil Regan was the first paid rugby league Coach in NSWRL history

  • Anonymous
    16/06/2016

    Just an extra note: while it is very hard to determine (quite deliberate in fact) Phil Regan is believed to have been the first paid coach in the history of the game.
    After his return from WWI he was enticed back onto the playing field for Glebe, despite still recovering from horrid battle wounds. He was a player & coach and as such received two payments hidden under differing names from 1917-1921 before being employed as a "kept" player/coach of Cootamundra (Div 9) through till 1927

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