Terry Regan
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Terry Regan is an Australian former professional rugby league
player who was New South Wales Country Rugby League
Player of the Year in 1981. Regan was a forward with a reputation as a hard-playing, head-on tackler
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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, In 1986 Terry took up Boxing losing on points over 3 rounds to Steve Marott.
competition. He now trains race-horses on the New South Wales Central Coast
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player who was New South Wales Country Rugby League
New South Wales Country Rugby League
-2011 Tier 2 Championships:-History:Newcastle was the first city outside Sydney to start a league competition, being involved in the Sydney Premiership in 1908-09 and then starting their own competition in 1910....
Player of the Year in 1981. Regan was a forward with a reputation as a hard-playing, head-on tackler
Tackle (football move)
Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling is to disposses an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend....
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Playing career
Regan began his rugby league career playing for Cessnock under coach Garry Johns. In 1981, Regan was named Country Rugby League Player of the Year and 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 TigersBalmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
in the New South Wales Rugby League competition
New South Wales Rugby League premiership
The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League from 1908 until 1994, the premiership was the state's and later the country's elite rugby league competition...
, the premier competition of the time. He was given a contract for the 1982 season
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1982
The 1982 NSWRFL season was the seventy-fifth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. This season saw the New South Wales Rugby Football League's first expansion since 1967 with the introduction of the first two clubs in over half a century from outside the Sydney area: the...
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
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
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
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
where he was a member of the club's first semi-finals and then the first grand-final appearance in 1987
New South Wales Rugby League season 1987
The 1987 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the eightieth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the...
. Regan played in the last twenty minutes of the grand-final, a game lost to Manly-Warringah
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
18–8, In 1986 Terry took up Boxing losing on points over 3 rounds to Steve Marott.
Post-playing career
Regan previously coached Hillston in the Group 17Group 17 Rugby League
Group 17 is a rugby league competition in the lower Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League.-Teams:The following clubs in Group 17 fielded teams in the 2006 First Grade competition:* Barellan Rams...
competition. He now trains race-horses on the New South Wales Central Coast
Central Coast, New South Wales
The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie....
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