Shaun Berrigan
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shaun Berrigan | |
| Date of birth | November 4, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | |
| Height | 1.78 cm | |
| Weight | 87 kg | |
| Position | Hooker | |
| 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 |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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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] Playing 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. Berrigan's regular position was centre but he can play a number of back-line positions as well as hooker.
[edit] 2005
Berrigan was the top try-scorer for the Broncos in the 2005 season.
[edit] 2006
Berrigan played his 150th first grade game for the club in 2006. He started the year in the centre position but injuries to the Broncos' fulltime hookers, Michael Ennis and Barry Berrigan, made coach Wayne Bennett move Shaun to hooker. This turned out to be a success, with former great Peter Sterling saying that it brings a new dimension to the Broncos' game not seen for a while.
At hooker, Berrigan played so well in the grand final that he won the Clive Churchill Medal. In the grand final, Berrigan was superb from dummy-half, but also shut down Melbourne Storm super-star Greg Inglis for the entire match.
[edit] 2007
Berrigan continues to polay at hooker.
[edit] Representative
Berrigan is also a regular on the Australian representative teams, playing twelve games of State of Origin for the Queensland Maroons and five test matches for Australia. Berrigan is usually on the bench for most of these games because of his wide skills at numerous positions. However he has played on the starting side. He was selected in the 2006 Tri-Nations side for Australia and played in the final which Australia won.
[edit] Career highlights
- First Grade Debut: Round 11, Brisbane v. Balmain at Leichhardt, May 16, 1999
- 2006 Clive Churchill Medal Winner
[edit] Away from Rugby League
Berrigan resides with his parents in Keperra in Brisbane's north west. Shaun is good friends with team mate Justin Hodges. He is the younger brother of Broncos former teammate Barry Berrigan.
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| Preceded by Scott Prince (Wests Tigers) |
Clive Churchill Medallist 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
