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Daryl John Halligan (born 25 July 1966
Rugby union
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Halligan attended Hamilton Boys' High School and made the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team in 1984.
He played representative rugby union for Waikato.
Rugby league career
Halligan made his first grade rugby league debut for North Sydney against the Canberra Raiders in Round 1 1991 at North Sydney Oval.
Halligan made 25 appearances for Norths as they enjoyed one of their best ever seasons finishing third on the table. In the minor preliminary semi final, Halligan kicked six goals as Norths defeated arch rivals
Halligan spent two further seasons at Norths but they failed to reach the finals. Halligan then joined Canterbury-Bankstown in 1994 and in his first season there played in the club's grand final loss against Canberra. In 1995, Halligan became a premiership winning player as Canterbury defeated Manly 17-4 in the 1995 ARL grand final. Canterbury had defied the odds as they came from sixth place on the table to defeat minor premiers Manly in the decider who had lost only two games all season.[4]
In 1998, he played on the wing for
Halligan retired at the conclusion of the 2000 season with his final game being in round 26 2000 against the Newcastle Knights where he kicked four goals from four attempts.
Playing style
Halligan was renowned as a fine goalkicker, his 855 first grade goals coming at an impressive 80% success rate.[citation needed] Halligan is noted for revolutionising goal-kicking by using a plastic tee from which to kick, instead of the old method where kickers would set the ball upon a mound of sand or earth.[7] He has since worked to design the popular "Supertee" line of kicking tees, used by top kickers in both codes of rugby across the world.[8]
Records
In 2000, Halligan became the first person to score 2,000 points in the NRL. That same year he overtook
Post playing
Halligan is currently a commentator with
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Matt Logue. "Legend Q&A". Rugby League Week (23 April 2008). Sydney, NSW: PBLMedia: 30–31.
- ^ "Eight tragic NRL finals performances". News.com.au.
- ^ "Canterbury attempting to channel the spirit of 1995 Bulldogs, who won the premiership from 6th spot". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Top 10 preliminary final heartbreaks". www.nrl.com. 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Memorable Match: 1998 Preliminary Final". www.bulldogs.com.au. 12 August 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
- ^ "Our Story | the History of SUPERTEE Rugby Kicking Tee".
External links
- ^ Heads, Ian and Middleton, David (2008) A Centenary of Rugby League, MacMillan Sydney