Playing Career
Awards & Accolades
- Rothmans Medal
- 1968
Biography
Clever halfback, and a consistent goal-kicker, came to the Sharks from the Wentworthville club in Sydney's Second Division. Hughes did not miss a match during Cronulla's first two seasons but greater recognition came at the end of 1968 when he was named the inaugural winner of the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest player. (Hughes, who beat the legendary John Raper by a point to win the award, had just come off contract). The signing of Tommy Bishop in 1969 all but signalled the end of his career with the club and he returned to play with Wentworthville in the early 1970s.
- 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 | 58 | 8 | 171 | 11 | 388 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 18.97% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1967 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 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 % | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1967 | 22 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 139 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 13.64% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1968 | 22 | 7 | 67 | 6 | 167 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1969 | 12 | - | 36 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.67% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1970 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Cronulla | 1967-70 | 58 | 8 | 171 | 11 | 388 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 18.97% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Michael Borg, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
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