Glen Coughlan
Glen Coughlan is a New Zealand rugby league player who played professionally for the Dewsbury Rams.
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Playing career
Coughlan was a Halswell Hornets junior and played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[2] He spent 1984 playing in the Illawarra Rugby League for the Dapto Canaries, where he won their under-21 award.[3]
Coughlan spent both the 1989–90 and 1993-94 seasons with the Dewsbury Rams in England.[1] He returned to New Zealand in 1994, playing for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the new Lion Red Cup competition.[4] In 1995 Coughlan scored 182 points for the Cardinals, being the top point scorer in the 1994 Lion Red Cup. That year he represented both Canterbury and a Lion Red XIII that played Tonga.[5]
Coughlan joined the Auckland Warriors in 1997 and was part of their side that lost the 1997 Reserve Grade grand final.
References
- Glen Coughlan rugbyleagueproject.org
- Dual celebrations for Halswell The Press, 26 October 2010
- Illawarra League Award Recipients Dapto RLFC
- Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.110
- Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.110