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Geoff Bugden - Wikipedia

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Geoff Bugden

Personal information

Full name

Geoff Bugden

Born

6 September 1960 (age 64)
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Playing information

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

101 kg (15 st 13 lb)

Position

Prop

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1979–81	Newtown Jets	46	7	0	0	21
1982–89	Parramatta Eels	100	6	0	0	21
	Total	146	13	0	0	42
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1983	New South Wales	2	0	0	0	0
1983	NSW City	1	0	0	0	0

Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero

Relatives

Mark Bugden (brother)

Geoff Bugden (born 6 September 1960^[1]) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for Newtown and the Parramatta Eels in the Australian New South Wales Rugby League competition. He won two premierships with the Eels and he primarily played in the front-row.

Playing career

A Newtown junior, by 1979 Bugden had progressed to first grade. He was the first ever prop to win the NSW Rugby League's best and fairest player award, the Rothmans Medal, in 1980.^[2] Bugden was a reserve for the Newtown Jets side that lost the 1981 Grand Final against the Parramatta Eels. The next year, 1982, Geoff Bugden changed clubs and returned to the Sydney Cricket Ground playing for Parramatta in their Grand Final win over Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Bugden was selected to represent New South Wales for games I and III of the 1983 State of Origin series. A serious injury to his chest in 1983 forced Bugden to announce his premature retirement from the game but two years later, he was back for Parramatta only to break his arm. In 1986 Bugden was on the field once more and was part of the Eels' 1986 Grand Final win over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, in which he played against his brother Mark^[3] and earned himself five-minutes in the sin-bin for tackling Steve Mortimer without the ball.^[4]

After a long career that was often curtailed by serious injury, Bugden did not start any of the last thirteen games of 1989 but intended to stay with the Eels for the 1990 season. However, major ankle surgery in early March made it clear he would not be able to play the first half of that season,^[5] and when Parramatta became embroiled in a salary cap dispute over the contracts of Peter Sterling and Mark Laurie, Budgen was sacked by the Eels alongside Paul Taylor, Michael Moseley, Mark Robinson and Jeremy Ticehurst.^[5] Bugden was not wanted by any other Winfield Cup club and retired almost immediately.

References

^ Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 68. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
^ Adams, Tony (8 July 2009). "Legend Q&A". Rugby League Week. pp. 30–31.
^ "Fans turn Parra blue and gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 2 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
^ "Eels v Bulldogs Classic". Rleague.com. 13 September 2007. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
^ ^a ^b 'Parramatta Axe Five Players'; The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 March 1990, p. 62

v t e Parramatta Eels squad – 1982 NSWRFL Premiers (2nd title)
1 Paul Taylor 2 Neil Hunt 3 Mick Cronin 4 Steve Ella 5 Eric Grothe, Sr. 6 Brett Kenny 7 Peter Sterling 8 Geoff Bugden 9 Steve Edge (c) 10 Chris Phelan 11 John Muggleton 12 Steve Sharp 13 Ray Price 14 Peter Wynn 15 Mark Laurie 16 Gary Martine Coach: Jack Gibson

v t e Parramatta Eels squad – 1986 NSWRL Premiers (4th title)
1 Paul Taylor 2 Mick Delroy 3 Mick Cronin 4 Steve Ella 5 Eric Grothe, Sr. 6 Brett Kenny 7 Peter Sterling 8 Geoff Bugden 9 Michael Moseley 10 Terry Leabeater 11 Mark Laurie 12 John Muggleton 13 Ray Price (c) 14 Tony Chalmers 15 Peter Wynn Coach: John Monie

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