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Bob Hagan

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

Born
Monday, 8th January, 1940
Died
Tuesday, 25th February, 2025 (Aged 85 years and 48 days)
Place Of Birth
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competitions Won

Test Series
1963 Australia vs New Zealand
Interstate Series
1967
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1967
Bulimba Cup
1961, 1962, 1964

Biography

Brisbane-born centre first represented Queensland in 1961 when playing for Townsville. Hagan made his Test debut against Great Britain in the First Test of the 1962 Ashes series but was dropped after Australia's 31-12 thrashing. The following year he returned to the international stage after representing Queensland against NSW, NZ and South Africa and made a second Test appearance as a winger in the First Test against NZ. He missed out on selection for the 1963-64 Kangaroos and had to be content with captaining Huddersfield during the off-season. Hagan shifted to C’bury in 1967, representing NSW and playing in the club's 1967 grand final team that lost to Souths. Hagan was selected as manager-coach of C’bury in 1971, the year after he retired as a player, and was later part of the consortium that launched G’Coast into the NSW premiership in 1988. He was the inaugural president of the G’Coast ‘Giants’ before the club was taken over by Seagulls Leagues Club. Hagan replaced Peter Moore as Chief Executive of the C’bury Club in 1997 and was appointed to both the NSWRL and ARL Board of Directors in 2001. In 2002 he voluntarily resigned from all senior positions with the League and the Bulldogs when the extent of the club’s salary cap rorting was exposed.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -2-2---2/633.33%--4---11-50.00%List
The Ashes -1-1----  -------1-0.00%List
Tour MatchesBrisbane FirstsBRF-1-1----  ------1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesQueensland FirstsQFI-3-3----  ------12-33.33%List
Tour MatchesNorth Queensland FirstsNQF-2-2---3  --6----2-0.00%List
Test Series 12-2---2/633.33%--4---11-50.00%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Interstate Series 110-103-38  --25---18110.00%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 11-1----  ------1--100.00%List
NSW City vs Country 11-1----  ------1--100.00%List
Bulimba Cup 38-85-54  --23---53-62.50%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) -45-456-66  --30--12222148.89%List
NRL Finals -3-3----  ------21-66.67%List
Preseason Cup -2-2----  ------11-50.00%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 66-669-919  --65--12836242.42%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1962-63 2-2---2/633.33%--4---11-50.00%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Brisbane Firsts1959-61, 1964 9-95-54  --23---63-66.67%List
QLD Firsts1961-63 12-123-38  --25---11018.33%List
North QLD1962-63 2-2---3  --6----2-0.00%List
NSW Firsts1967 1-1----  ------1--100.00%List
NSW City Firsts1967 1-1----  ------1--100.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
CanterburyCanterbury19671967 NSWRFL 12-121-1-  --3---93-75.00%List
CanterburyCanterbury19681968 NSWRFL 12-12----  -----138125.00%List
CanterburyCanterbury19691969 NSWRFL 21-215-56  --27---1011-47.62%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG AGK %2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Canterbury1967-69 45-456-66  --30--12222148.89%List

Your Say

  • E Curb Nottus
    3 May 2012 1:38pm

    Played for Australia two years before his brother (Michael) was born!

  • Viking
    31 Aug 2020 8:46pm

    Immature winger when first picked for Australia against Ashton’s all star British tourists in ‘62. His stint in England matured him and he returned to Canterbury a polished and stylish center. England saw the best of him.

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