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Geoff Bugden

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 6th September, 1960
Current Age
65 years and 239 days

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

City vs Country Firsts
1983
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
1982, 1983, 1986
Midweek Cup
1986
Rothmans Medal
1980

Known Family Links

Brother
Mark Bugden

Biography

Newtown junior, the nephew of former Test half Bob Bugden, spent two seasons playing in the local St George competition. A NSW U'18s rep under coach Jack Gibson in 1977, Geoff Bugden was graded by Newtown in 1978. A surprise winner of the Rothmans Medal in 1980, Bugden suffered a knee injury in a Tooths Cup match against Cronulla the following year and was relegated to the reserve bench for Newtown's grand final loss to P’matta. Bugden joined the Eels in 1982 and played in the club's 21-8 grand final win over Manly. In 1983 he suffered a serious chest injury and at the age of 23, announced his retirement. The decision proved to be premature and Bugden returned two seasons later with his chest heavily strapped, only to break his arm. He returned again, in 1986, and produced a courageous display in P’matta's 4-2 grand final win over C’bury. Injuries affected the remainder of Bugden's career before his eventual retirement in 1989.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
State of Origin - 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 3 145 13 -   - 42 87 56 2 60.00% List
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals - 9 - -   - - 6 3 0 66.67% List
Preseason Cup - 6 - -   - - 3 2 1 50.00% List
Midweek Cup 1 16 1 -   - 4 11 5 0 68.75% List
Challenge Cup AU - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
First Class 170 14 -   - 46 102 65 3 60.00% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Seconds 1980-81   2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW 1983   2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1983   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1980-1983   5 0 0   0 - 3 2 0 60.00% List

NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown NSWRFL 1979   13 2 -   - 6 4 9 0 30.77% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1980   21 5 -   - 15 11 10 0 52.38% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1981   13 - -   - - 9 3 1 69.23% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1982   13 3 -   - 9 11 2 0 84.62% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1983   26 1 -   - 4 17 9 0 65.38% List
Parramatta NSWRL 1985   8 - -   - - 5 3 0 62.50% List
Parramatta NSWRL 1986   19 - -   - - 15 3 1 78.95% List
Parramatta NSWRL 1987   6 - -   - - 3 3 0 50.00% List
Parramatta NSWRL 1988   17 2 -   - 8 7 10 0 41.18% List
Parramatta NSWRL 1989   9 - -   - - 5 4 0 55.56% List

NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown 1979-81   47 7 -   - 21 24 22 1 51.06% List
Parramatta 1982-83, 1985-89   98 6 -   - 21 63 34 1 64.29% List
Overall1979-1989   145 13 0   0 42 87 56 2 60.00% List

Your Say

  • John Pollock
    21 May 2018 6:34am

    Good, strong prop who later joined the NSW Police and became a detective. Good Policeman who later went into farming.

  • Anonymous
    14 Aug 2020 11:23pm

    Along with Paul Mares, unfortunate injuries to these two gun props was a big reason why Parra fell away after 1986.

  • John
    20 May 2023 8:04pm

    After retirement from Rugby League had a career as a Policeman, including some time as a Detective.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Widnes RLFC History , Castleford Tigers Heritage