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Ray Corcoran is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Ray Corcoran is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.
He was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland club for eight seasons between 1968 and 1975. His usual position was on the wing. Corcoran's career total of 63 tries is currently the fifth-highest total for the club, and was the highest when he retired in 1975. [2] He was selected to play for New South Wales on one occasion in 1970.
Corcoran played for Cronulla-Sutherland on the wing in the 1973 NSWRFL season's Premiership Final loss against Manly-Warringah. [3]
In 2016, Corcoran was nominated for Cronulla's "Team of the half century" but was overlooked in favour of Valentine Holmes and Mat Rogers. [4]
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