Phil Regan

Playing Career

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

Position(s): Halfback / Five-eighth
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	-	10	2	-	2	-			-	-	6	-	-	-	5	5	-	50.00%	List
GlebeGlebe	19141914 NSWRFL		7	-	7	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	42.86%	List
GlebeGlebe	19151915 NSWRFL		14	-	14	2	-	2	1			-	-	8	-	-	-	12	2	-	85.71%	List
GlebeGlebe	19171917 NSWRFL		1	-	1	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	0.00%	List
GlebeGlebe	19191919 NSWRFL		5	3	8	1	-	1	-			-	-	3	-	-	-	6	2	-	75.00%	List
GlebeGlebe	19201920 NSWRFL		2	-	2	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	50.00%	List
GlebeGlebe	19221922 NSWRFL		11	-	11	2	-	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