Glen Coughlan Explained

Glen Coughlan
Birth Place:New Zealand
Club1:Halswell (CRL)
Club2:Dewsbury Rams
Year2start:1989
Year2end:94
Club3:Canterbury Cardinals
Year3start:1994
Year3end:95
Teama:Canterbury
Source:[1]
New:yes

Glen Coughlan is a New Zealand rugby league player who played professionally for the Dewsbury Rams.

Playing career

Coughlan was a Halswell Hornets junior and played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[2] He spent 1984 playing in the Illawarra Rugby League for the Dapto Canaries, where he won their under-21 award.[3]

Coughlan spent both the 1989–90 and 1993-94 seasons with the Dewsbury Rams in England.[1] He returned to New Zealand in 1994, playing for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the new Lion Red Cup competition.[4] In 1995 Coughlan scored 182 points for the Cardinals, being the top point scorer in the 1994 Lion Red Cup. That year he represented both Canterbury and a Lion Red XIII that played Tonga.[5]

Coughlan joined the Auckland Warriors in 1997 and was part of their side that lost the 1997 Reserve Grade grand final.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Glen-Coughlan/summary.html Glen Coughlan
  2. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/4270618/Dual-celebrations-for-Halswell Dual celebrations for Halswell
  3. http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=7-2373-21084-0-0&sID=133971 Illawarra League Award Recipients
  4. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.110
  5. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.110