Jeff Hardy (rugby league)
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Full name | Jeffrey Hardy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 20 May 1966|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Back Row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeffrey Hardy (born 20 May 1966) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.
Playing career[]
Playing in the back row, Hardy represented the Illawarra Steelers between 1985 and 1989 and the St George Dragons from 1991 to 1998. A St. George junior from the Brighton Seagulls junior club, Hardy went on to play in two Grand Finals in 1992 and 1993 . Hardy played in a third grand-final loss with the St. George Dragons in 1996. Hardy was a favourite player with all Dragons fans during his period at the club. Hardy played in St. George's final game before they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers to become St. George Illawarra. A semi-final loss to Canterbury-Bankstown at Kogarah Oval.[2][3]
Hardy also had a career in England playing for Sheffield Eagles (1989-1990 and 1999), Castleford (Heritage № 684) (1990-1991) and the Huddersfield Giants (2000). He retired in 2001 after a long and successful club career. After retiring he went on to coach Endeavour Sports High School's Australian schoolboys rugby team.
EnglishCounty Cup Final appearances[]
Hardy played right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in Castleford's 11–8 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1990 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 23 September 1990.
References[]
- ^ "Jeff Hardy - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "St George Dragons 12 lost to Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 20". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Disgruntled Dragons fans the game's biggest 'crisis merchants'". www.nrl.com.
External links[]
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Castleford Tigers players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Illawarra Steelers players
- Indigenous Australian rugby league players
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Sheffield Eagles (1984) players
- St. George Dragons players
- Australian rugby league biography, 1960s birth stubs