Tom Mooney (rugby league)
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Tom Mooney is an Australian former rugby league
footballer of the 1970s. He played in Sydney
's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership as a winger for the Manly-Warringah
and South Sydney
clubs.
At the end of the 1976 NSWRFL season Mooney played in Manly's Grand Final
-winning side. He scored a try in the 1978 NSWRFL season's Grand Final, which was drawn and had to be re-played. The following season he was the League's top try-scorer.
In 1990 Mooney was named on the wing in a Manly team made up of the best players in the club's history
.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1970s. He played in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership as a winger for the Manly-Warringah
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
and South Sydney
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
clubs.
At the end of the 1976 NSWRFL season Mooney played in Manly's Grand Final
Grand Final
Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...
-winning side. He scored a try in the 1978 NSWRFL season's Grand Final, which was drawn and had to be re-played. The following season he was the League's top try-scorer.
In 1990 Mooney was named on the wing in a Manly team made up of the best players in the club's history
History of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The history of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league football club dates back to 1932 when a Manly-Warringah Junior Rugby Football League was founded. In 1947 the New South Wales Rugby Football League included two additional teams, one from Parramatta and a Manly-Warringah District club...
.
External links
- Tom Mooney nrlstats.com
- Tom Mooney rugbyleagueproject.com