Noel Cavanagh

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Noel Cavanagh
Personal information
Full nameNoel Martin Cavanagh
Born (1942-03-29) 29 March 1942 (age 82)
Playing information
PositionLock / Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1968–72 North Sydney 785660147
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1965 Queensland 30204
1965 Australia

Noel Martin Cavanagh (born 29 March 1942) is an Australian former rugby league player.

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Biography

Cavanagh was a lock and second-rower, originally from Bundaberg. He had several seasons in Brisbane playing for Brothers, from where he gained selection on Australia's 1965 tour of New Zealand. In 1967, Cavanagh won a premiership with Brothers, kicking all of his team's points in a try-less 6–2 grand final win over Northern Suburbs. [1]

From 1968 to 1972, Cavanagh played his rugby league for North Sydney. He had a difficult start, breaking a hand in his first pre-season, then getting suspended for a stiff-arm tackle on his first-grade debut, but became an important player. At the end of the 1969 season, Cavanagh had a stint in England with Bradford Northern, playing under Gus Risman. He captained North Sydney during the 1971 season. [2]

Cavanagh was appointed captain-coach of Bundaberg in 1973. [3] He continued to live in Bundaberg after retiring and it was on his recommendation that North Sydney recruited local product Les Kiss. In 2008, Cavanagh was named as a lock in the Bundaberg Rugby League Team of the Century. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Australia Still Has Second Row Problems". The Canberra Times . 24 June 1965. p. 28 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "League Suspends Noel Cavanagh". The Sydney Morning Herald . 9 April 1968.
  3. ↑ "A Kiss on the wing enters the Bears' den". The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 January 1986.
  4. ↑ "Dream team wins a place in history". The Courier-Mail . 1 April 2008.
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