Eric Hughes (rugby, born 1950)

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Eric Hughes
Personal information
Full nameEric Hughes
Born (1950-10-17) 17 October 1950 (age 73)
Widnes, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight13 st 0 lb (83 kg)
PositionWing, Centre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–84 Widnes 481 199 0 1 607
1976 Canterbury-Bankstown 14 5 0 0 15
1985–86 St Helens 13 1 0 0 4
1986–87 Rochdale Hornets 9 1 0 0 4
Total 517 206 0 1 630
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1975–79 England 10 8 0 0 24
1978–82 Great Britain 8 0 0 0 0
1972–79 Lancashire 12 5 0 0 15
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1984–85 Widnes 61 35 3 23 57
1987–88 Rochdale Hornets 32 11 0 21 34
1994–96 St Helens 78 45 3 30 58
1996
Leigh
 17 9 0 8 53
1997 Wigan Warriors 33 19 0 14 58
Total 221 119 6 96 54

Eric Hughes (born 17 October 1950) is a retired English

Leigh and Wigan Warriors.[4] He unwittingly added confusion to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs team as he was unrelated but played at the same time as the three Australian brothers named Hughes; Garry, Graeme and Mark
.

Background

Born in Widnes, he was a pupil at Wade Deacon Grammar School. He was later an English language teacher at Bankfield School, Widnes, and he was the landlord of The Lion public house, Moulton, Cheshire. His older brother Arthur also played rugby league, winning the challenge cup final with Widnes in 1964.

Playing career

International honours

Hughes won caps for England while at Widnes in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against Wales, France, New Zealand, Australia (sub), Australia, in 1977 against France, in 1978 against France, and Wales, and in 1979 against Wales, and France,[2] and won caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1978 against Australia, in 1979 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), and in 1982 against Australia.[3]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Hughes played

1984 Challenge Cup Final during the 1983–84 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1984, in front of a crowd of 80,116.[citation needed
]

County Cup Final appearances

Hughes played

1983 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1983–84 season at Central Park, Wigan
on Saturday 1 October 1983.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances

Hughes played

1978 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1978–79 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens
on Tuesday 12 December 1978.

Player's No.6 Trophy/John Player/John Player Special Trophy Final appearances

Hughes played

1983–84 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1983–84 season at Central Park, Wigan
on Saturday 14 January 1984.

Coaching career

Hughes coached

Leigh, and was replaced by Keith Latham in early 1997. He went on to coach Wigan Warriors, replacing Graeme West in February 1997.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ISBN 0356104362
  6. ^ "Cumbrians lose Lancashire Cup Final". totalrl.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

External links

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