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Geoff Bugden

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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

Born
Tuesday, 6th September, 1960
Current Age
65 years and 270 days

Known Family Links

Brother
Mark Bugden

Competitions Won

NSW City vs Country Firsts
1983
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
1982, 1983, 1986
Midweek Cup
1986

Honours & Awards

Rothmans Medal
1980

Biography

Newtown junior, the nephew of former Test half Bob Bugden, spent two seasons playing in the local St George competition. A NSW U'18s rep under coach Jack Gibson in 1977, Geoff Bugden was graded by Newtown in 1978. A surprise winner of the Rothmans Medal in 1980, Bugden suffered a knee injury in a Tooths Cup match against Cronulla the following year and was relegated to the reserve bench for Newtown's grand final loss to P’matta. Bugden joined the Eels in 1982 and played in the club's 21-8 grand final win over Manly. In 1983 he suffered a serious chest injury and at the age of 23, announced his retirement. The decision proved to be premature and Bugden returned two seasons later with his chest heavily strapped, only to break his arm. He returned again, in 1986, and produced a courageous display in P’matta's 4-2 grand final win over C’bury. Injuries affected the remainder of Bugden's career before his eventual retirement in 1989.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
State of Origin - 2 - 2 ----- - - - - - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 1 1 - 1 ----- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country 1 3 - 3 ----- - - - - - - - 3 - - 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL/NSWRL (NRL Premiership) 3 132 13 145 103--13 - - - 42 1 - - 87 56 2 60.00% List
NRL Finals - 8 1 9 ----- - - - - 1 - - 6 3 - 66.67% List
Preseason Cup - 5 1 6 ----- - - - - - - - 3 2 1 50.00% List
Midweek Cup 1 13 3 16 -1--1 - - - 4 - - 1 11 5 - 68.75% List
Challenge Cup AU - 1 - 1 ----- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  155 17 172 104--14 - - - 46 1 - 1 104 65 3 60.47% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW City Seconds 1980-81   2 - 2 ----- - - - - - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
NSW 1983   2 - 2 ----- - - - - - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1983   1 - 1 ----- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

NSWRFL/NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NewtownNewtown 19791979 NSWRFL   11 2 132---2 - - - 6 - - - 4 9 - 30.77% List
NewtownNewtown 19801980 NSWRFL   21 - 215---5 - - - 15 - - - 11 10 - 52.38% List
NewtownNewtown 19811981 NSWRFL   12 1 13----- - - - - - - - 9 3 1 69.23% List
ParramattaParramatta 19821982 NSWRFL Winfield Cup   12 1 133---3 - - - 9 - - - 11 2 - 84.62% List
ParramattaParramatta 19831983 NSWRFL Winfield Cup   25 1 26-1--1 - - - 4 - - - 17 9 - 65.38% List
ParramattaParramatta 19851985 NSWRL Winfield Cup   3 5 8----- - - - - - - - 5 3 - 62.50% List
ParramattaParramatta 19861986 NSWRL Winfield Cup   17 2 19----- - - - - 1 - - 15 3 1 78.95% List
ParramattaParramatta 19871987 NSWRL Winfield Cup   6 - 6----- - - - - - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
ParramattaParramatta 19881988 NSWRL Winfield Cup   17 - 17-2--2 - - - 8 - - - 7 10 - 41.18% List
ParramattaParramatta 19891989 NSWRL Winfield Cup   8 1 9----- - - - - - - - 5 4 - 55.56% List

NSWRFL/NSWRL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Newtown 1979-81   44 3 47 7---7 - - - 21 - - - 24 22 1 51.06% List
Parramatta 1982-83, 1985-89   88 10 98 33--6 - - - 21 1 - - 63 34 1 64.29% List

Your Say

  • John Pollock
    20 May 2018 9:34pm

    Good, strong prop who later joined the NSW Police and became a detective. Good Policeman who later went into farming.

  • Anonymous
    14 Aug 2020 2:23pm

    Along with Paul Mares, unfortunate injuries to these two gun props was a big reason why Parra fell away after 1986.

  • John
    20 May 2023 11:04am

    After retirement from Rugby League had a career as a Policeman, including some time as a Detective.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Widnes RLFC History , Castleford Tigers Heritage