Jeff Hardy (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeff Hardy | |||||
| Born | 20 May 1966 New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Position | Back Row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1985–89 | Illawarra Steelers | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 1989–90 | Sheffield Eagles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| 1990–91 | Castleford Tigers | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |
| 1991–98 | St George Dragons | 159 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 1999 | Sheffield Eagles | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2000 | Huddersfield Giants | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Total | 295 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 277 | |
Jeff Hardy (born 20 May 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.
Playing career
Playing in the back row, Hardy represented the Illawarra Steelers between 1985 and 1989 and the St George Dragons from 1991 to 1998. A St. George junior, Jeff Hardy went on to play in two Grand Finals in 1992 and 1993 . Hardy played in a third grand-final loss with the St. George Dragons in 1996. Jeff Hardy was a favourite player with all Dragons fans during his period at the club.[1]
Hardy also had a career in England playing for Sheffield Eagles (1989-1990 and 1999), Castleford Tigers (1990-1991) and the Huddersfield Giants (2000). He retired in 2001 after a long and successful club career.
After retiring he went on to coach Endeavour Sports High School's Australian schoolboys rugby team. [2]
EnglishCounty Cup final appearances
Hardy played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1990 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 23 September 1990.