Michael Monaghan
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 13 May 1980 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) [1] | |||||
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| Position | Hooker, Halfback | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–03 | Canberra Raiders | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 2004–07 | Manly-Warringah | 95 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 79 |
| 2008–14 | Warrington | 167 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
| Total | 293 | 41 | 2 | 10 | 178 | |
| As of 5 October 2008 | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Michael Monaghan (born 13 May 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Canberra Raiders and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League, and for Warrington in the European Super League.[2] He is the current assistant coach of Catalan Dragons.
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Career
He played with the Canberra Raiders from 2001 to 2003.[3]
Monaghan joined Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2004 as halfback, but changed to hooker at the start of the 2006 season due to the purchase of halfback Matt Orford from Melbourne Storm.[2]
He played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat by Melbourne Storm.[4]
The 27-year-old joined Manly teammate Chris Hicks in moving to Warrington for 2008's Super League XIII.[5]
In March 2009 rumours emerged linking him with his former club Canberra and playing alongside brother Joel Monaghan again.[3]
Monaghan played for Warrington in the in 2009 and 2010 Challenge Cup Final victories over Huddersfield Giants and Leeds respectively, winning the Lance Todd Trophy in the former.[6] In May 2014, Monaghan announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.[7]
Awards
- 2006 Ken Stephen award.
- 2009 Lance Todd Trophy
References
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External links
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- 1980 births
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Warrington Wolves players
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles players
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles captains
- Canberra Raiders players
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Sportspeople from Canberra
- Living people
