Coaching Career
All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Gregory Rawson Hawick
- Born
- Tuesday, 3rd May, 1932
- Died
- Thursday, 6th February, 2020 (Aged 87 years and 279 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Superlative backline player in the great Souths’ team of the 1950s, Hawick started his career as lock but played half, five-eighth and centre with Souths, NSW and Australia. After playing in the club’s 1950 grand final win, he missed out on a second premiership when he broke his jaw in the 1951 semi-final against St George. Hawick's utility value earned him a place on the 1952-53 Kangaroo tour, where he made his Test debut against Great Britain as a five-eighth in the First Test. He played in 16 matches on tour, including two Tests, and toured NZ with the Australian team the following year. In 1954 he played in Souths' grand final win over Newtown as well as in the inaugural World Cup competition in France. Hawick left the club to play for Wagga in 1957 and kicked a record 15 goals for NSW in the fourth interstate match that year. After playing in Australia's victorious World Cup squad in 1957, he signed a contract to play with Norths but changed his mind and stayed in Wagga. The NSWRL disqualified him for the season but in the code's first battle in the equity court, it was ruled that the disqualification was a denial of 'natural justice'. Hawick appeared in his final Test series, against Great Britain, while playing in Wagga in 1958 before being lured back to Sydney to play for Norths in 1959-60. His playing career ended when he broke his jaw playing for Wagga in 1963 but Norths were to provide Hawick with a bitter postscript to his coaching career when he was appointed first grade coach by former team-mate Ken McCaffery in 1985. Hawick was forced to resign midway through the season after facing a player revolt, ending his return to Sydney football. His final legacy to the game was introducing a shy, five-eighth by the name of Cliff Lyons to first grade.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching Career Statistics
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | Matches | W | L | D | Win% | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL/NSWRL (NRL Premiership) | - | 33 | 12 | 21 | - | 36.36% | List | |||||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0.00% | List | |||||||
| Overall | Comp Wins | Matches | W | L | D | Win% | ||||||||
| First Class | 34 | 12 | 22 | - | 35.29% | List | ||||||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win% | ||||||||
| North SydneyNorth Sydney | 19601960 NSWRFL | 18 | 8 | 10 | - | 44.44% | List | |||||||
| North SydneyNorth Sydney | 19851985 NSWRL Winfield Cup | 15 | 4 | 11 | - | 26.67% | List | |||||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win% | ||||||||
| North Sydney | 1960, 1985 | 33 | 12 | 21 | - | 36.36% | List | |||||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Jason Ganter, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Michael Borg, Wests Archives, Tim Costello, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates
Your Say
14 Dec 2011 11:04pm
Coached the Junee Diesels in 1970.
15 Jan 2012 5:09pm
Greg is still in Wagga - he was my football hero as a kid growing up in Wagga. He made a playing comeback in 1967 at the age of 33 for Wagga Kangaroos, whom he had captain-coached in earlier years. That comeback was cut short when he was king-hit by a Tumbarumba player which broke his jaw. When he got to his feet to play the ball he was marked by former State rep fullback Barry Goldspink. Greg thought Barry had been the offender and came up with a huge uppercut which broke Barry's jaw - resulting in both of them having to leave the field - my recollection is that Goldspink (or the Tumbarumba RL Club) sued Greg (or the Wagga Kangaroos RL Club) as a result.
15 Jan 2012 5:13pm
Greg is still in Wagga - he was my football hero as a kid growing up in Wagga. He made a playing comeback in 1967 at the age of 33 for Wagga Kangaroos, whom he had captain-coached in earlier years. That comeback was cut short when he was king-hit by a Tumbarumba player which broke his jaw. When he got to his feet to play the ball he was marked by former State rep fullback Barry Goldspink. Greg thought Barry had been the offender and came up with a huge uppercut which broke Barry's jaw - resulting in both of them having to leave the field - my recollection is that Goldspink (or the Tumbarumba RL Club) sued Greg (or the Wagga Kangaroos RL Club) as a result.
Wagga Kangaroos was coached in 1967 by former NZ RL International - the late Graham Kennedy - a wonderful man and excellent schoolteacher and school principal.
19 Dec 2025 4:08pm
Great person and mentor, RIP Greg and Maureen
23 Jan 2026 1:17pm
He was also inducted into the Alexandria Rovers team of the century.
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