Brendan Hall
Brendan Hall (born 13 September 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He mostly played five-eighth, but he also spent time playing lock and occasionally centre.
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| Full name | Brendan Robert Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1966 Canberra, A.C.T, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Centre, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Hall was a Canberra junior, and an Australian schoolboys representative in 1984. In 1986, he moved to Sydney, joining the Arthur Beetson coached Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Early on in his career, he forged a reputation for being a tough, fearless, and hard hitting tackler, but later on he developed more of a pivotal role and predominantly played five eighth in the Roosters team, as well as occasionally being the team's goal-kicker.
At the end of 1995, Hall decided to retire from playing rugby league. With 157 appearances, he is currently 17th on the Sydney Roosters' list for most career appearances behind; Anthony Minichiello (302), Luke Ricketson (301), Mitchell Aubusson (265), Jake Friend (240), Mitchell Pearce (238), Craig Fitzgibbon (228), Kevin Hastings (228), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (224), Brad Fittler (217), Barry Reilly (198), Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (194), Mark Harris (190), Bill Mullins (190), Craig Wing (185), Ray Stehr (182), and Kevin Junee (165).
References
- Brendan Hall rugbyleagueproject.org