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| Full name | Noel Martin Cavanagh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1942-03-29) 29 March 1942 (age 82) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock / Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Martin Cavanagh (born 29 March 1942) is an Australian former rugby league player.
Biography
Cavanagh was a lock and second-rower, originally from Bundaberg. He had several seasons in Brisbane playing for Brothers, from where he gained selection on Australia's 1965 tour of New Zealand. In 1967, Cavanagh won a premiership with Brothers, kicking all of his team's points in a try-less 6–2 grand final win over Northern Suburbs.
From 1968 to 1972, Cavanagh played his rugby league for North Sydney. He had a difficult start, breaking a hand in his first pre-season, then getting suspended for a stiff-arm tackle on his first-grade debut, but became an important player. At the end of the 1969 season, Cavanagh had a stint in England with Bradford Northern, playing under Gus Risman. He captained North Sydney during the 1971 season.
Cavanagh was appointed captain-coach of Bundaberg in 1973. He continued to live in Bundaberg after retiring and it was on his recommendation that North Sydney recruited local product Les Kiss. In 2008, Cavanagh was named as a lock in the Bundaberg Rugby League Team of the Century.
References
- "Australia Still Has Second Row Problems". The Canberra Times. 24 June 1965. p. 28 – via National Library of Australia.
- "League Suspends Noel Cavanagh". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 1968.
- "A Kiss on the wing enters the Bears' den". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 January 1986.
- "Dream team wins a place in history". The Courier-Mail. 1 April 2008.
External links
- Noel Cavanagh at Rugby League Project
| Brothers squad - 1967 Brisbane Rugby League premiers | |
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| Bundaberg Rugby League Team of the Century (1907-2008) | |
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- 1942 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- North Sydney Bears players
- Queensland rugby league team players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Bradford Bulls players
- Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
- Rugby league players from Bundaberg
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby league locks