Daryl John Halligan (born 25 July 1966[2]) is a rugby league commentator and former professional player.[1] A New Zealand international winger, he was the pre-eminent goal-kicker of his era, retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian premiership history. Halligan played club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning the 1995 ARL Premiership with the latter.
Daryl Halligan
Personal information
Full name
Daryl John Halligan
Born
(1966-07-25) 25 July 1966 (age 56) Waikato, New Zealand
Halligan made his first grade rugby league debut for North Sydney against the Canberra Raiders in Round 1 1991 at North Sydney Oval.
Halligan made 25 appearances for Norths as they enjoyed one of their best ever seasons finishing third on the table. In the minor preliminary semi final, Halligan kicked six goals as Norths defeated arch rivals Manly-Warringah 28-16. The following week, Norths opponents were minor premiers the Penrith Panthers with the winner qualifying for the grand final. Penrith lead Norths 12-0 at halftime before Norths fought back with Halligan scoring a try. Unfortunately for Norths, Halligan had one of his worst performances in his career as a goal kicker as he only kicked one goal from five attempts. Norths would lose the match 16-14 despite scoring more tries than Penrith and fell short of their first grand final appearance since 1943. The following week in the preliminary final, Norths were defeated 30-14.[3]
Halligan spent two further seasons at Norths but they failed to reach the finals. Halligan then joined Canterbury-Bankstown in 1994 and in his first season there played in the club's grand final loss against Canberra. In 1995, Halligan became a premiership winning player as Canterbury defeated Manly 17-4 in the 1995 ARL grand final. Canterbury had defied the odds as they came from sixth place on the table to defeat minor premiers Manly in the decider who had lost only two games all season.[4]
In 1998, he played on the wing for Canterbury in their loss in the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane Broncos. In the preliminary final a week before, Canterbury were losing to arch-rivals the Parramatta Eels 18-2 with less than 10 minutes to play until Canterbury staged one of the biggest comebacks in finals history scoring three tries in nine minutes and Halligan kicking two goals from the side line, one of which would take the game into extra-time which Canterbury would go on to win 32-20 at the Sydney Football Stadium.[5][6]
Halligan retired at the conclusion of the 2000 season with his final game being in round 26 2000 against the Newcastle Knights where he kicked four goals from four attempts.
Playing style
Halligan was renowned as a fine goalkicker, his 855 first grade goals coming at an impressive 80% success rate.[citation needed] Halligan is noted for revolutionising goal-kicking by using a plastic tee from which to kick, instead of the old method where kickers would set the ball upon a mound of sand or earth.[7] He has since worked to design the popular "Supertee" line of kicking tees, used by top kickers in both codes of rugby across the world.
Records
In 2000, Halligan became the first person to score 2,000 points in the NRL. That same year he overtook Mick Cronin's record for the most points scored in an NSWRFL career (1,971) - a record which had stood since 1986; Halligan's eventual total of 2,034 was bettered by Jason Taylor in 2001. Halligan also scored 80 tries, and kicked 4 field goals to amass that total.
^Heads, Ian and Middleton, David (2008) A Centenary of Rugby League, MacMillan Sydney
May 21, 2023
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Daryl John Halligan born 25 July 1966 2 is a rugby league commentator and former professional player 1 A New Zealand international winger he was the pre eminent goal kicker of his era retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian premiership history Halligan played club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears and Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs winning the 1995 ARL Premiership with the latter Daryl HalliganPersonal informationFull nameDaryl John HalliganBorn 1966 07 25 25 July 1966 age 56 Waikato New ZealandPlaying informationHeight192 cm 6 ft 4 in Weight96 kg 15 st 2 lb Rugby unionPositionFullbackClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1986 90 Waikato 56 32 97 360Rugby leaguePositionWingClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1991 93 North Sydney 64 23 225 2 5441994 00 Canterbury Bulldogs 166 57 630 2 1490Total 230 80 855 4 2034RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1992 98 New Zealand 20 4 60 1 137Source 1 Contents 1 Rugby union 2 Rugby league career 3 Playing style 4 Records 5 Post playing 6 References 7 External linksRugby union EditHalligan attended Hamilton Boys High School and made the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team in 1984 He played representative rugby union for Waikato Rugby league career EditHalligan made his first grade rugby league debut for North Sydney against the Canberra Raiders in Round 1 1991 at North Sydney Oval Halligan made 25 appearances for Norths as they enjoyed one of their best ever seasons finishing third on the table In the minor preliminary semi final Halligan kicked six goals as Norths defeated arch rivals Manly Warringah 28 16 The following week Norths opponents were minor premiers the Penrith Panthers with the winner qualifying for the grand final Penrith lead Norths 12 0 at halftime before Norths fought back with Halligan scoring a try Unfortunately for Norths Halligan had one of his worst performances in his career as a goal kicker as he only kicked one goal from five attempts Norths would lose the match 16 14 despite scoring more tries than Penrith and fell short of their first grand final appearance since 1943 The following week in the preliminary final Norths were defeated 30 14 3 Halligan spent two further seasons at Norths but they failed to reach the finals Halligan then joined Canterbury Bankstown in 1994 and in his first season there played in the club s grand final loss against Canberra In 1995 Halligan became a premiership winning player as Canterbury defeated Manly 17 4 in the 1995 ARL grand final Canterbury had defied the odds as they came from sixth place on the table to defeat minor premiers Manly in the decider who had lost only two games all season 4 In 1998 he played on the wing for Canterbury in their loss in the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane Broncos In the preliminary final a week before Canterbury were losing to arch rivals the Parramatta Eels 18 2 with less than 10 minutes to play until Canterbury staged one of the biggest comebacks in finals history scoring three tries in nine minutes and Halligan kicking two goals from the side line one of which would take the game into extra time which Canterbury would go on to win 32 20 at the Sydney Football Stadium 5 6 Halligan retired at the conclusion of the 2000 season with his final game being in round 26 2000 against the Newcastle Knights where he kicked four goals from four attempts Playing style EditHalligan was renowned as a fine goalkicker his 855 first grade goals coming at an impressive 80 success rate citation needed Halligan is noted for revolutionising goal kicking by using a plastic tee from which to kick instead of the old method where kickers would set the ball upon a mound of sand or earth 7 He has since worked to design the popular Supertee line of kicking tees used by top kickers in both codes of rugby across the world Records EditIn 2000 Halligan became the first person to score 2 000 points in the NRL That same year he overtook Mick Cronin s record for the most points scored in an NSWRFL career 1 971 a record which had stood since 1986 Halligan s eventual total of 2 034 was bettered by Jason Taylor in 2001 Halligan also scored 80 tries and kicked 4 field goals to amass that total Post playing EditHalligan is currently a commentator with Sky Network Television in New Zealand References Edit a b Statistics at rugbyleagueproject org rugbyleagueproject org 31 December 2017 Retrieved 1 January 2018 Matt Logue Legend Q amp A Rugby League Week Sydney NSW PBLMedia 23 April 2008 30 31 Eight tragic NRL finals performances News com au Canterbury attempting to channel the spirit of 1995 Bulldogs who won the premiership from 6th spot Daily Telegraph Top 10 preliminary final heartbreaks www nrl com Memorable Match 1998 Preliminary Final www bulldogs com au Alan Whiticker amp Glen Hudson 2007 The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players Wetherill Park New South Wales Gary Allen Pty Ltd p 215 ISBN 978 1 877082 93 1 External links EditDaryl Halligan Rugby Database Profile Canterbury Bulldogs profilePreceded byMick Cronin 1985 Record holderMost points in an NRL career 1 2000 1 972 2001 2 034 Succeeded byJason Taylor 2001 Heads Ian and Middleton David 2008 A Centenary of Rugby League MacMillan Sydney Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daryl Halligan amp oldid 1140929044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
