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Phil Regan

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Playing 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
Phillip Regan
Nickname(s)
Wongo
Born
Sunday, 31st January, 1892
Died
Thursday, 22nd June, 1967 (Aged 75 years and 142 days)
Place Of Birth
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

City Cup
1913

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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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tour Matches CootamundraCOO - 1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Country Carnival - 4 - 4 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - 2 2 - 50.00% List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - 56 3 59 7-7 1     - - 23 - - - 39 19 1 66.10% List
NRL Finals - 1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Maher Cup - 54 - 54 8-8 2     - - 28 - - - 46 7 1 85.19% List
City Cup 1 30 - 30 8-8 2     - - 28 - - - 17 13 - 56.67% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  84 3 87 13-13 3     - - 45 - - - 54 32 1 62.07% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Metropolis 1919   1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
AIF 1919   1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Southern Division 1924-25   4 - 4 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - 2 2 - 50.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
GlebeGlebe 19111911 NSWRFL   5 - 5--- -     - - - - - - 3 2 - 60.00% List
GlebeGlebe 19121912 NSWRFL   1 - 1--- -     - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
GlebeGlebe 19131913 NSWRFL   10 - 102-2 -     - - 6 - - - 5 5 - 50.00% List
GlebeGlebe 19141914 NSWRFL   7 - 7--- -     - - - - - - 3 3 1 42.86% List
GlebeGlebe 19151915 NSWRFL   14 - 142-2 1     - - 8 - - - 12 2 - 85.71% List
GlebeGlebe 19171917 NSWRFL   1 - 1--- -     - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
GlebeGlebe 19191919 NSWRFL   5 3 81-1 -     - - 3 - - - 6 2 - 75.00% List
GlebeGlebe 19201920 NSWRFL   2 - 2--- -     - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
GlebeGlebe 19221922 NSWRFL   11 - 112-2 -     - - 6 - - - 8 3 - 72.73% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Glebe 1911-15, 1917, 1919-20, 1922   56 3 59 7-7 1     - - 23 - - - 39 19 1 66.10% List

Your Say

  • phil grohala
    14 Jun 2016 4:58pm

    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 Jun 2016 2:35pm

    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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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Neil Pollock

Sources: Saints Heritage Society , Warrington Rugby Heritage