Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 3rd May, 1941
- Died
- Monday, 28th September, 2020 (Aged 79 years and 148 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1962
- Preseason Cup
- 1968
Biography
Diminutive Balmain halfback played for NSW against Queensland and Great Britain in 1962, the year he was named The Sun 'Player of the Year'. Fagan missed much of the 1965 season with a broken leg and later joined newcomers Penrith in 1967 where he scored the club's first try in a premiership match. A natural leader and schemer around the rucks, Fagan captained Penrith in the absence of Bob Boland in 1970. He saw out his career with Second Division club Ryde-Eastwood, coaching the club to premiership success in 1972.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing 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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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Balmain Tigers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 175 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 145 | 77 | 93 | 5 | 44.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 38 | 4 | 11 | - | 34 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 52.63% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 220 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 191 | 102 | 111 | 10 | 46.36% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1962-63 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1962 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1963 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1962-1963 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1959 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1960 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1961 | 20 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1962 | 17 | 4 | 13 | - | 38 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1963 | 17 | 3 | 3 | - | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1964 | 11 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1965 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1966 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1967 | 22 | 2 | - | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 22.73% | List | ||||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1968 | 17 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | ||||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1969 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1970 | 22 | 4 | - | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 31.82% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1959-66 | 98 | 19 | 23 | - | 103 | 52 | 44 | 2 | 53.06% | List | ||||
| Penrith | 1967-70 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 49 | 3 | 32.47% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1959-1970 | 175 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 145 | 77 | 93 | 5 | 44.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Tim Costello
Your Say
7 Apr 2010 11:31am
Fagan scored Penriths first ever try.He scored Penriths First ever try in their first ever match against Canterbury at Belmore Sportsground in 1967.
29 Sep 2020 10:45am
Champion on and off the field passed away 28/09/2020
16 Apr 2025 7:18pm
In 1971 aged 19 I played against Laurie Fagan in reserve grade Arncliffe Scots vs Ryde Eastwood at their home ground.
It was my first game back after 8 weeks out with dislocated shoulder.
Laurie took the ball from our kick off and punted it straight back down our end but I followed through our kick and hit him late, strai?ht in the middle of his chest testing out my shoulder which cost us an upfield penalty.
As Laurie got and we both trotted upfield he said to me "what was that all about" and I told him it was my first game back from injury and I was testing my shoulder. He just smiled and gave me a slight shoulder nudge.
The worst thing was he followed around the field all game and everytime I got the ball he hit me so hard with clinical clean tackles often slamming me on my back.
At fulltime he came to me, shook my hand and with his left hand on my shoulder and asked how was my shoulder to which I replied "fine, but I think I'll be a bit sore tomorrow morning" .
He laughed and russelled my hair and said "you're young but a tough little nut".
After all the games had finished we all went back to RE club for drinks. I was with my club makes when Laurie came over with a beer for me laughing saying, you deserve this you little prick .
A game I never forgot, nor my back which was black and blue from all the backslam tackles he laid on me.
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