Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 30th October, 1954
- Current Age
- 69 years and 326 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- State of Origin
- 1982, 1983, 1981
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1979
- Midweek Cup
- 1981, 1984
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Rowan Brennan
Biography
Stylish three-quarter with a great turn of pace, Mitch Brennan's injury-ridden career started controversially. In 1975, on a personal trip to America, he trialled with the Toronto Argonauts (gridiron) but was not offered a contract. Two years later, the promising Brisbane Souths junior was coaxed by his former coach Harry Bath to play for St George in a trial match at Grafton. Brennan made the mistake of playing under the pseudonym 'Mickey Lane' in order to save potential embarrassment if he missed selection and was fined $500 for the ruse. He finally joined St George in 1978 and went on to be the equal leading try-scorer (16t) in 1979. Brennan was on the wing in St George's grand final win against C’bury that year but switched to Souths in 1981. Twice winner of the mid-week competition's ‘golden try’ award (1978 & 1981), he made his Origin debut for Queensland in 1981 before moving back to Brisbane to play with Redcliffe. Brennan represented Queensland as a centre in 1982 and a winger in 1983 before making sporadic returns from injury to play on the flank with the Canberra Raiders.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competition | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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Challenge Cup | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||||||
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English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Wakefield | 1996 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Wakefield | 1996 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
Match Video, David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
28/11/2016
I recall Mitch Brennan wore white football boots during the 1982 season whilst the captain of South Sydney in 1982 very talented Geand Final winger and Queensland Origin rep Acheived a lot with limited time reminds me of Jharrsl Yow Yeh playing wise in many ways
25/05/2020
Brennan was a fleet of foot player who read the game well. He was exciting to watch and a crowd pleaser. The attraction for most players in that era was to play the game at the highest level - not money. Could summarise Mitch as a honest player who knew how to get over the line.
23/10/2022
Burst on to the scene in 1978 and ran Larry Corowa close for top try scorer of the year. A shame that Saints won the premiership in '77 and '79, but they failed to make the semis in '78. 1978: Mitch's most spectacular year by far.
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