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Daryl Halligan

Daryl Halligan
Personal information
NameDaryl Halligan
Full nameDaryl John Halligan
Nick nameChook
Retiredyes 2000
Height192 cm
Weight96 kg

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Daryl Halligan (born 25 July 1966 in Waikato, New Zealand) is a rugby league football commentator and former professional player. A New Zealand international winger, he was the pre-eminent goal-kicker of his era, retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian premiership history. Halligan played club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning the 1995 ARL Premiership with the latter.

Before defecting to the professional code of rugby league, Halligan played amateur rugby union for Waikato. In rugby league Halligan was renowned as a fine goalkicker, his 855 first grade goals coming at an impressive 80% success rate. He was the first person to score 2,000 points in the NRL. At the time of his retirement he held the competition point-scoring record at 2,034 points. He also scored 80 tries, and kicked 4 field goals.

Halligan is noted for revolutionising goal-kicking by using a plastic tee from which to kick.

Halligan is currently a commentator with Sky Network Television in New Zealand.

He also taught Johnathan Thurston how to kick conversions. It was said at an interview that Halligan taught Thurston whilst Johnathan was at Sydney club the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Also that Halligan hated the way Thurston "hooks" the ball. Halligan taught Thurston to control the hook so it comes in or goes out.

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Some of the best and most memorable Rugby League field goals and conversions kicked in the past 15 years. Here is NRL Best Goals and Field Goals Part 2 http:...
5.98 min. | 4.80 user rating		 Bradly Clyde, and Daryl Halligan combine for a try. Bulldogs vs Dragons.
2.47 min. | 5.0 user rating		 1994 Winfield Cup Round 20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights in Newcastle. Rising star Andrew Johns cops a football lesson from the great Ter...
6.00 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Kick-Off 2009 - Are you up to the challenge? Entry #2 from Boronia Park, Sydney - Tuesday May 26, 2009. Video you and your mates potting sideline conversions...
4.50 min. | 5.0 user rating		 1994 Semi Final between Canterbury Bulldogs & Canberra Raiders with an Extra Time Field Goal.
3.98 min. | 5.0 user rating
Jim Dymock Try Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in a 1994 Winfield Cup match at the Belmore Sports Ground. Daryl Halligan ret...
1.72 min. | 0 user rating		 ABC Sport coverage of the 1994 Round 22 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Western Suburbs Magpies clash at Campbelltown. Terry Lamb surpassed the record previo...
102.52 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Daryl Halligan Try for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in a 1994 Winfield Cup match at the Belmore Sports Ground. Halligan o...
1.97 min. | 0 user rating		 1999 Semi Final Week 1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Sydney City Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium. Canterbury's Bradley Clyde scores a classic Bulld...
3.27 min. | 0 user rating		 Kick-Off 2009 - Are you up to the challenge? Entry #4 from Sommervile Park, Sydney - Monday June 08, 2009. Video you and your mates potting sideline conversi...
3.15 min. | 4.0 user rating

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Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)---Daryl Halligan-, Robbie Deans and latterly Mick Byrne all deserved praise for guiding Carter to the peak of his powers. "They've all helped me along the way, ... - Date : Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:30:37 GMT+00:00
Three-year-old helps Luke Burt put major disappointment into perspective - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian---...- has been there before is the international who kicked 225 goals for the North Sydney Bears (1991-93) and 630 for Canterbury (1994-2000), -Daryl Halligan-. ... - Date : Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:24 GMT+00:00

Club statistics
YearsTeamAppsTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
1991 - 93 North Sydney64232252544
1994 - 00 Canterbury (AUS)1665763021490

Club statistics
YearsTeamAppsTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
1986 - 1990 Waikato563297360

Representative football
YearsTeamAppsTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
1992 - 98 New Zealand204601137

New Zealand squad



National Rugby League season top points scorers

1908 Horrie Miller * 1909 Arthur Conlin * 1910 Dally Messenger * 1911 Dally Messenger * 1912 Dally Messenger * 1913 Harold Horder * 1914 Harold Horder * 1915 Wally Messenger * 1916 Charles Fraser * 1917 Charles Fraser * 1918 Harold Horder * 1919 A McPherson * 1920 Frank Burge * 1921 Rex Norman * 1922 Harold Horder * 1923 Arthur Oxford * 1924 Jack Courtney * 1925 Benny Wearing * 1926 Jack Courtney * 1927 Alf Blair * 1928 Benny Wearing * 1929 Jim Craig * 1930 Jim Craig * 1931 Jack Lynch * 1932 Les Mead * 1933 Syd Christensen * 1934 Dave Brown * 1935 Dave Brown * 1936 Syd Christensen * 1937 Jack Beaton * 1938 Tom Kirk * 1939 Neville Smith * 1940 Tom Kirk * 1941 Neville Smith * 1942 Ray Lindwall * 1943 Tom Kirk * 1944 Tom Kirk * 1945 Dick Dunn * 1946 Tom Kirk * 1947 Pat Devery * 1948 Jack Lindwall * 1949 Bill Keato * 1950 Bill Keato * 1951 Ron Rowles * 1952 Ron Rowles * 1953 Ron Rowles * 1954 Ron Rowles * 1955 Doug Fleming * 1956 Doug Fleming * 1957 Darcy Russell * 1958 Harry Bath * 1959 Darcy Russell * 1960 Brian Graham * 1961 Bob Landers * 1962 Don Parish * 1963 Fred Griffiths * 1964 Fred Griffiths * 1965 Fred Griffiths * 1966 Bob Lanigan * 1967 Eric Simms * 1968 Eric Simms * 1969 Eric Simms * 1970 Eric Simms * 1971 Graeme Langlands * 1972 Allan McKean * 1973 Graeme Langlands * 1974 Graham Eadie * 1975 Graham Eadie * 1976 Graham Eadie * 1977 Michael Cronin * 1978 Michael Cronin * 1979 Michael Cronin * 1980 Steve Gearin * 1981 Steve Rogers * 1982 Michael Cronin * 1983 Michael Eden * 1984 Steve Gearin * 1985 Michael Cronin * 1986 Terry Lamb * 1987 Ross Conlon * 1988 Gary Belcher * 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford * 1990 Mal Meninga * 1991 Daryl Halligan * 1992 Daryl Halligan * 1993 Daryl Halligan * 1994 Daryl Halligan * 1995 Matthew Ridge * 1996 Jason Taylor * 1997 Jason Taylor (ARL) Ryan Girdler (SL) * 1998 Ivan Cleary * 1999 Matt Geyer * 2000 Joel Caine * 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker * 2002 Hazem El Masri * 2003 Hazem El Masri * 2004 Hazem El Masri * 2005 Brett Hodgson * 2006 Hazem El Masri * 2007 Hazem El Masri * 2008 Luke Covell * 2009 Hazem El Masri



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