Geoff Bugden

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**Geoff Bugden**
Personal information
Full name	Geoff Bugden
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Marrickville
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1979–1981 1982–1989	Newtown Jets Parramatta Eels	47 (21) 89 (21)
Representative teams
1983	New South Wales	2 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Geoff Bugden is a former professional rugby league player. Bugden played for the Newtown Jets and the Parramatta Eels in the Australian New South Wales Rugby League competition. He primarily played in the front-row.

As a reserve for the Newtown Jets, Bugden played in the 1981 Grand Final against the Parramatta Eels, a match that Newtown lost. The next year, 1982, Bugden returned to the Sydney Cricket Ground playing for Parramatta in their Grand Final win over Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

A serious injury to his chest in 1983 forced Bugden to announce his retirement from the game but two years later, he was back for Parramatta only to break his arm. In 1986 Bugden was on the field once more and was part of the Eels' 1986 Grand Final win over Canterbury, earning himself five-minutes in the sin-bin for tackling Steve Mortimer without the ball.^[1]

Bugden was selected to represent New South Wales for games I and III of the 1983 State of Origin series.

[edit] Footnotes

^ Eels v Bulldogs Classic. Rleague.com (2007-09-13). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.

[edit] External links

Geoff Bugden at the State of Origin official website.

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Rothmans Medallists

1968 Terry Hughes • 1969 Denis Pittard • 1970 Kevin Junee • 1971 Denis Pittard • 1972 Tommy Raudonikis • 1973 Ken Maddison • 1974 Graham Eadie • 1975 Steve Rogers • 1976 Ray Higgs • 1977 Mick Cronin • 1978 Mick Cronin • 1979 Ray Price • 1980 Geoff Bugden • 1981 Kevin Hastings • 1982 Greg Brentnall • 1983 Mike Eden • 1984 Terry Lamb • 1985 Wayne Pearce • 1986 Mal Cochrane • 1987 Peter Sterling • 1988 Barry Russell • 1989 Gavin Miller & Mark Sargent • 1990 Peter Sterling • 1991 Ewan McGrady • 1992 Allan Langer • 1993 Ricky Stuart • 1994 David Fairleigh • 1995 Paul Green • 1996 Jason Taylor • 1997 Brad Fittler

v • d • e Parramatta Eels squad - 1982 NSWRFL Premiers (2nd Title)

1 Paul Taylor • 2 Neil Hunt • 3 Mick Cronin • 4 Steve Ella • 5 Eric Grothe, Sr. • 6 Brett Kenny • 7 Peter Sterling • 8 Geoff Bugden • 9 Steve Edge (c) • 10 Chris Phelan • 11 John Muggleton • 12 Steve Sharp • 13 Ray Price (c) • 14 Peter Wynn • 15 Mark Laurie • Coach: Jack Gibson

v • d • e Parramatta Eels squad - 1986 NSWRL Premiers (4th Title)

1 P Taylor • 2 Mick Delroy • 3 Mick Cronin • 4 Steve Ella • 5 Eric Grothe, Sr. • 6 Brett Kenny • 7 Peter Sterling • 8 Geoff Bugden • 9 Michael Moseley • 10 Terry Leabeater • 11 M Laurie • 12 John Muggleton • 13 Ray Price (c) • 14 Tony Chalmers • 15 Peter Wynn • Coach: John Monie