Chris Phelan
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| Born | 12 December 1955 Portloise, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Phelan (born 12 December 1955) is an Irish-born Australian former
Queensland[2] and a two-time New South Wales Rugby League premiership-winner with the Parramatta Eels
.
Phelan was born in Ireland.Brisbane Rugby League premierships Rothmans Medal winner that year and also won the Grand Final with Souths.
Phelan signed to Sydney's defending premiers Parramatta in 1982. He had to sit out the start of the 1982 while Parramatta waged a battle with the Queensland Rugby League over his transfer fee.
He played at prop in the Eels' two Grand Final wins over Manly in
State of Origin
series where he appeared at second-row.
After a season with
Brisbane Rugby League
grand final.
In 2008 he was named in the Souths Magpies team of the century.
References
- ^ "Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Queensland representatives Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at qrl.com.au
- ^ Ricketts, Steve (24 July 2008). "League fans want passion not thuggery". The Courier-Mail. Australia: Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 15 May 2010.