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Republic of Croatia, |
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Playing information
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Source: NRL Stats and Yesterday's Hero |
Ivan Henjak (born 9 March 1963 in Republic of Croatia) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. A New South Wales Country representative half back, Henjak played his club football in the NSWRL premiership with the St. George Dragons, Canberra Raiders and Western Suburbs Magpies. He later became head coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League, the second ever, having taken over from Wayne Bennett in 2009. Henjak is also the uncle of Australia international rugby union player Matt Henjak, while Henjak's son played front row for Australian Schoolboys.
In 1987 Henjak, while playing for Canberra, was involved in a publicised dispute over an agreement he made to negotiate playing for Newcastle, despite having signed a contract to stay with the Raiders. That year he played at halfback in the Raiders' first grand final, which they lost to Manly. He later moved to the Western Suburbs Magpies, being appointed captain. Henjak then moved to St. George for 1992 when they lost the grand final against the Brisbane Broncos, but he did not play that day. This was followed by a final season playing football in England in 1993.
Ivan Henjak played Stand-off/Five-eighth (replaced by Interchange/Substitute Keith Mumby) in Bradford Northern's 20-14 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1989 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Sunday 5 November 1989.