Hugh McGahan
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Born | Hugh Joseph McGahan 15 November 1961 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Matt McGahan (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Joseph McGahan
His son, Matt McGahan, is a rugby union professional.
Playing career
Educated at
Representative career
McGahan represented New Zealand in 53 tests. He was the captain in 17 of those test matches.[3] He once scored 6 tries in a test match against Papua New Guinea.
He toured the United Kingdom in 1983 with the New Zealand Māori side.[6]
In 1987, McGahan jointly won the prestigious
Later years
In the
McGahan went on to sports management roles in the United Kingdom and back home in New Zealand and successfully built his own management company, which he still runs today. In
In 2006 McGahan coached the Waitemata rugby union club. The side made the Auckland Rugby Union grand final.[10]
Controversy
On 5 November 2007, McGahan and former All Black Doug Rollerson, appeared in the Auckland District Court on charges of alleged fraud. A small group used an elaborate scheme of invoices and accounts to defraud sports organisations out of charity money. The group was accused of supplying Touch New Zealand, the North Harbour Rugby Union and Team Harbour Limited with false invoices.[11] McGahan pleaded guilty and in May 2009 he was sentenced to 270 hours of community service.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b McGAHAN, Hugh Joseph 1982 - 90 - Kiwi #566 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Joseph Romanos, p. 76.
- ^ "Hugh McGahan: Storm will prove too strong". The New Zealand Herald. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "New Zealand Māori league team, 1983 – Māori rugby – whutupaoro – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand".
- ^ "No. 52383". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 30.
- ^ "New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008" (PDF). NZRL. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.58
- ^ League star a rugby coach Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Tamaki and District Times, 9 August 2006
- New Zealand Herald. 5 November 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ "Ex-Kiwis captain sentenced to community work for fraud". Radio New Zealand. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
Further reading
- Hugh McGahan, Todd Nicholls (1992). Hughie: Hugh McGahan, Kiwi captain. Nicholls Pub. ISBN 0-9598029-0-8.
- Joseph Romanos, "Hugh McGahan", 100 Māori Sports Heroes, Trio Books, Wellington, 2012, p. 76.
- The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players (By Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson),