Shaun Berrigan
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Personal information | ||
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Full name | Shaun Berrigan | |
Date of birth | November 4, 1978 | |
Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | |
Height | 1.78 cm | |
Weight | 87 kg | |
Position | Centre | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Brisbane Broncos | |
Youth clubs | ||
Wests-Mitchelton | ||
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (points) |
1999-present | Brisbane | 168 (292) |
Representative teams** | ||
2002-2006 2004-2006 |
Queensland Australia |
12 (8) 10 |
* Professional club appearances and points |
Shaun Berrigan (born November 4, 1978 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition.
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[edit] Career
Shaun Berrigan made his debut for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 11, 1999 against the Balmain Tigers. He has played in every season since then for the Broncos. Berrigans regular position is Centre but he can play a number of back-line positions and hooker.
[edit] 2006 Season
He played his 150th first grade games for the club in 2006. He started the year in the centre position but injury's to the Bronco's fulltime hookers, Michael Ennis and Barry Berrigan, made coach Wayne Bennett move Shaun Berrigan to Hooker. This has been a success, with former great Peter Sterling saying that it brings a new dimension to the Broncos game not seen for a while. As hooker, he played excellent in the grand final, winning the game and the Clive Churchill Medal. In the grand final, Berrigan was superb in dummy-half but most of all, shut down, Melbourne Storm super-star Greg Inglis for the entire match.
[edit] Representative
Berrigan is also a regular on the Australian representative teams, playing twelve games of State of Origin for the Queensland Maroonsand five test matches for Australia. Berrigan is usually on the bench for most of these games because of his wide skills at Centre, the Halves and Hooker. However he has played on the starting side. He was selected in the 2006 Tri-Nations side for Australia.
[edit] Away from Rugby League
He resides with his parents in Keperra in Brisbanes north west. Shaun is good friends with team mate Justin Hodges. He is the younger brother of Barry Berrigan
[edit] Career highlights
- Junior Club: Wests Mitchelton
- First Grade Debut: Round 11, Brisbane v. Balmain at Leichhardt, May 16, 1999
- First Grade Record: 168 appearances scoring 73 tries
- 2006 Clive Churchill Medal Winner