Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Garry Michael Hughes
- Nickname(s)
- Gaz
- Born
- Wednesday, 29th October, 1952
- Current Age
- 71 years and 173 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Cousin
- Kevin Moore
- Son
- Corey Hughes
- Glen Hughes
- Steven Hughes
- Brother
- Mark Hughes
- Graeme Hughes
Biography
Despite detractors who thought him too slow for five-eighth, Garry Hughes worked his magic for over a decade with the C’bury club. Hughes was a master of the deftly-timed pass and the short stab-kick. It is said that he was able to slow the game down to his pace but it was Hughes who often produced the flair in the Bulldog attack. In the 1979 grand final loss to St George, he set up tries for Steve Gearin and Stan Cutler (with yet another great kick) and the following year, produced a masterful display in C’bury's 18-4 grand final win over Easts. In-coming coach Warren Ryan described him as being the fastest player in the premiership ‘between the ears’ but Hughes did not get the chance to show Ryan his wares. After recovering from injury, the great form of Terry Lamb saw Hughes spend his final season as a player in reserve grade. He later took on a career in club administration with the Bulldogs but was sensationally sacked by the club in 2004 after allegations of player misbehaviour during a trial match in Coffs Harbour while he was football manager. Hughes later won damages from the club.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing 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 | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NRL | 163 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 81 | 89 | 68 | 6 | 54.60% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 8 | 3 | 7 | - | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Tooheys Challenge Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1974 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1975 | 17 | 6 | 8 | - | 34 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 41.18% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1976 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 1 | 46.67% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1977 | 9 | - | 11 | - | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1978 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1979 | 23 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 56.52% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1980 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 72.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1981 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1982 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 2 | 47.62% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1983 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1984 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Canterbury | 1974-84 | 163 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 81 | 89 | 68 | 6 | 54.60% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Greg Stroud, AJ Lucantonio
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