- Terry Regan
Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Terry Regan
fullname = Terry Regan
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country =
position = Forward
currentclub = Retired
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|05|21|df=yes
placeofbirth = Cessnock, NSW
countryofbirth =Australia
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club1 = Balmain
year1start = 1982
year1end =
appearances1 = 19
tries1 =
goals1 =
fieldgoals1 =
points1 = 12
club2 = Easts
year2start = 1983
year2end = 1984
appearances2 = 31
tries2 =
goals2 =
fieldgoals2 =
points2 = 4
club3 = Canberra
year3start = 1985
year3end = 1987
appearances3 = 32
tries3 =
goals3 =
fieldgoals3 =
points3 = 16
club4 = Hull
year4start = 1987
year4end = 1988
appearances4 = 25
tries4 =
goals4 =
fieldgoals4 =
points4 = 5
teamA = Country
yearAstart = 1981
yearAend =
appearancesA = 1
triesA =
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pointsA = 0
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new = yesTerry Regan (born
21 May 1958 inCessnock, New South Wales ) is an Australian former professionalrugby league player who wasNew South Wales Country Rugby League "Player of the Year" in 1981. [cite web|publisher="Country Rugby League"|title=Player of the Year |url=http://www.crlnsw.com.au/history/playeroftheyear.php |accessdate=2008-05-07] Regan was a forward with a reputation as a hard-playing, head-on tackler.Playing career
Regan began his rugby league career playing for Cessnock under coach Garry Johns. In 1981, Regan was selected to represent Country in the annual City-Country clash. Although playing on the losing side, Regan's efforts in that match gained the attention of the
Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League competition, the premier competition of the time. He was given a contract for the 1982 season where he played nineteen games in first-grade but also won a reserve-grade grand-final title.Regan was offered a contract with Eastern Suburbs for the following season. In his two seasons at Easts, Regan was sent from the field on three occasions for tackling infringements.
In 1985, Regan moved to the
Canberra Raiders where he was a member of the club's first semi-finals and then the first grand-final appearance in 1987. Regan played in the last twenty minutes of the grand-final, a game lost to Manly-Warringah 18–8.Post-playing career
Regan previously coached Hillston in the Group 17 competition. He now trains race-horses on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Footnotes
References
*cite journal | author = Tony Adams | title = Legend Q&A | journal =
Rugby League Week | issue =30 April 2008 |pages = pgs 30-31 | publisher = PBLMedia | location = Sydney, NSW | accessdate =2008-05-07
*cite book | author=Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson |title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players |year=2007
publisher="Gary Allen Pty Ltd" |location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales |isbn=9781877082931 |pages=page 457External links
* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Terry_Regan.html Terry Regan at the "Rugby League Project"]
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