Shannon Hegarty

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Shannon Hegarty
Personal information
Born (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 44)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–04 Sydney Roosters 109 52 0 0 208
2005–08 South Sydney 59 10 0 0 40
2009 North Queensland 5 2 0 0 8
Total 173 64 0 0 256
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2003 Queensland 3 0 0 0 0
2003 Australia 4 2 0 0 8
Source: [1]

Shannon Hegarty (born 14 June 1979) is an Australian former professional

.

Playing career

Originally from

Brisbane, Queensland, Hegarty played for the Sydney Roosters at centre in their 2000 NRL Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos
.

Hegarty scored the Roosters' first

Ashes series
.

Hegarty played for the Roosters on the wing in their

2004 NRL Grand final loss to cross-Sydney rivals, Canterbury-Bankstown. In 2005, Hegarty joined the Sydney Roosters arch rivals South Sydney
. In his first season at Souths the club finished 13th on the table.

In the 2006 NRL season, Hegarty made 10 appearances as the club finished last on the table. In the 2007 NRL season, Hegarty was part of the Souths team which reached the finals for the first time since 1989.[2][3]

Released from the final year of his playing contract with South Sydney on a mutual agreement, Hegarty signed with the North Queensland Cowboys two days later.[4]

Post playing

Off the field, Hegarty posed for the Gods Of Football charity calendar in 2009 and appeared as Benji Veniamin in Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals in 2011.[5]

He was a trainer and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Axemen of the USA Rugby League.[6][7] He currently owns and operates Down Under Fitness gym & personal training in Jacksonville Beach, FL.[8]

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "The worst teams in NRL history". Sporting News.
  3. ^ "NRL Grand Final: South Sydney Rabbitohs looking to join rugby league's greatest drought breakers". ABC News. October 2014.
  4. ^ "North Queensland Cowboys have signed Shannon Hegarty for 2009". Fox Sports News (Australia). 23 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Shannon Hegarty". Imdb. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Player-turned-trainer has Axemen ready for rugby league championship". jacksonville.com.
  7. ^ "Jaxaxe Home". Jacksonville Axemen. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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