Shaun Berrigan
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Personal information
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4 November 1978 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker, Five-eighth, Halfback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP
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Shaun Berrigan (born 4 November 1978 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australia national representative utility player, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos (with whom he won the 2000 and 2006 NRL Premierships), the New Zealand Warriors and the Canberra Raiders. He also played in Super League for English club Hull F.C.. Brother of fellow professional, Barry, was a very versatile footballer, having played numerous games at hooker, Five-Eighth, halfback and centre, and playing in all positions for Australia, Queensland and Brisbane. Berrigan was a regular representative player, appearing twelve times in State of Origin for the Queensland Maroons and in five test matches for Australia. Berrigan, along with his brother Barry will play in the Toowoomba Rugby League completion for Dalby Diehards in the 2014 season.
Berrigan, who is of Italian and German descent, made his debut for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 11 of the 1998 NRL season against the Balmain Tigers, but did not play in the Broncos' grand final-winning team at the end of the season. Berrigan played from the interchange bench in the Broncos' 2000 NRL Grand Final victory over the Sydney Roosters. Having won the 2000 NRL Premiership, the Broncos traveled to England to play against 2000's Super League V Champions, St Helens R.F.C. for the 2001 World Club Challenge, with Berrigan playing at five-eighth and scoring a try in Brisbane's loss. Berrigan's regular position was centre but he could play a number of back-line positions as well as hooker. Berrigan's versatility is evident in analysing the Queensland team for which Berrigan was the five-eighth for the entire 2002 State of Origin series. He played the entire 2003 State of Origin series at halfback for Queensland, who lost. He played in the centres for the 2004 State of Origin series. Berrigan was selected in the Australian team to go and compete in the end of season 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Great Britain he played at centre in the Kangaroos' 44-4 victory.
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