Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Noel Martin Cavanagh
- Born
- Sunday, 29th March, 1942
- Current Age
- Turned 84 yesterday
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Bulimba Cup
- 1964, 1967
Biography
Bundaberg forward came to Brisbane Brothers in the mid-1960s. Cavanagh played for Queensland in 3 matches in 1965 before touring NZ with the Australian side. A goal-kicking second row forward, he signed with Norths in 1968 and spent the 1969-70 off-season with Bradford Northern in England. Cavanagh returned to Bundaberg as captain-coach in 1973.
- 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 | Brisbane Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Wide Bay | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 78 | 5 | 66 | - | 147 | 21 | 54 | 3 | 26.92% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 2 | 13 | 1 | 27 | - | 57 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 15 | 2 | 9 | - | 24 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 103 | 7 | 82 | - | 185 | 32 | 68 | 3 | 31.07% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1964-67 | 14 | 1 | 27 | - | 57 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1965 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South QLD Firsts | 1966 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Wide Bay | 1974-75 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1964-1975 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1968 | 19 | - | 33 | - | 66 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 21.05% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1969 | 18 | 2 | 28 | - | 62 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1970 | 22 | 2 | 5 | - | 16 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 31.82% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1971 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1972 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1968-72 | 78 | 5 | 66 | - | 147 | 21 | 54 | 3 | 26.92% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates

Your Say
24 Mar 2016 10:13am
Great bloke true legend
17 Apr 2019 4:55pm
My junior coach and one of the best coaches ever.
13 Sep 2020 1:11pm
My coach for Bundaberg as a junior. Great coach and a champion person
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