Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 8th December, 1961
- Current Age
- 64 years and 112 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1984, 1985, 1988
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Geoff Bugden
Biography
The brother of Geoff Bugden also started his career with Newtown before finding success with former coach Warren Ryan at C’bury in the mid-1980s. Mark Bugden ousted regular club hooker Billy Johnstone in 1984 and was the hero of the club's 6-4 grand final win over P’matta when he scored a fine solo try from dummy half. In 1985 he was suspended for 14 weeks for his high tackle on Steve Rogers (which resulted in litigation) and could not regain his first grade spot for the 1985 grand final. Bugden was back as the Bulldogs’ number one hooker in 1986 and played against his brother Geoff in the 4-2 grand final loss to P’matta. He later signed with the Eels but the move was not a success. Bugden later played in several Police Services team with some distinction.
- 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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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 120 | 15 | - | - | 56 | 65 | 52 | 3 | 54.17% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 14 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 134 | 17 | - | - | 64 | 80 | 60 | 4 | 59.70% | List | |||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1981 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1982 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1983 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 29.17% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1984 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1985 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1986 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1987 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1988 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1989 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1990 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1981-83 | 34 | 7 | - | - | 24 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 41.18% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | 1984-88 | 64 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 42 | 22 | 0 | 65.63% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | 1989-90 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40.91% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1981-1990 | 120 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 65 | 52 | 3 | 54.17% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
28 Mar 2020 9:43am
The 1985 game for Parramatta must have been Geoff Bugden
28 Sep 2022 10:46am
Bugden didn't play for Eels in 1985 probably Geoff played that game check it out
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