Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Charles Douglas Laughton
- Born
- Saturday, 13th May, 1944
- Current Age
- 79 years and 342 days
- Place Of Birth
- Widnes, Cheshire, England
Awards & Accolades
- Man Of Steel Award
- 1979
Biography
Great Britain Test forward (1970 Ashes-winning tour) started his career with St Helens before signing with Wigan in 1967. Laughton linked with Widnes in 1973, where he made his Test debut in the Third Test against the Kangaroos. He was offered the captaincy of the 1974 Lions but signed with C’bury instead. He then walked out on the club mid-way through the 1974 season after being sacked as first grade captain (the Bulldogs went on to make the grand final without him). Laughton returned to Australia as captain of the 1979 Lions (disparagingly named 'Dad's Army') which is remembered as the first Great Britain team not to win a Test match in Australia. As a single-minded chief executive of English club Widnes Laughton later garnered criticism concerning his treatment of Australian club players in England.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching 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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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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| Tour Matches | Widnes Vikings | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||||||
| Tour Matches | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||||||
| Lancashire Cup | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 70.83% | List | ||||||||
| English Championship | 344 | 218 | 111 | 15 | 63.37% | List | ||||||||
| Regal Trophy | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 56 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 69.64% | List | ||||||||
| Premiership Trophy | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||||||
| World Club Challenge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||||||
| Charity Shield - UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||||||
| Yorkshire Cup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||||||
| Tour Matches | Leeds Rhinos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||||
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English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Widnes | 1980/81 | 42 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 59.52% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1981/82 | 47 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 74.47% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1982/83 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 55.56% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1985/86 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 52.63% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1986/87 | 43 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 51.16% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1987/88 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1988/89 | 41 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 78.05% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1989/90 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 64.86% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1989/90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1990/91 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 77.50% | List | |||||||
| Leeds | 1991/92 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 55.26% | List | |||||||
| Leeds | 1992/93 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 54.29% | List | |||||||
| Leeds | 1993/94 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 51.35% | List | |||||||
| Leeds | 1994/95 | 41 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 78.05% | List | |||||||
| Leeds | 1995/96 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||||||
| Widnes | 1996 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Widnes | 1980-82, 1985-90, 1996 | 337 | 225 | 99 | 13 | 66.77% | List | |||||||
| Leeds | 1991-95 | 154 | 93 | 54 | 7 | 60.39% | List | |||||||
| Overall | 1980-1996 | 491 | 318 | 153 | 20 | 64.77% | List | |||||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
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