Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Charles Douglas Laughton
- Born
- Saturday, 13th May, 1944
- Died
- Sunday, 16th March, 2025 (Aged 80 years and 307 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Widnes, Cheshire, England
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1970
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Great Britain 1970
- Man Of Steel Award
- 1979
Biography
Great Britain Test forward (1970 Ashes-winning tour) started his career with St Helens before signing with Wigan in 1967. Laughton linked with Widnes in 1973, where he made his Test debut in the Third Test against the Kangaroos. He was offered the captaincy of the 1974 Lions but signed with C’bury instead. He then walked out on the club mid-way through the 1974 season after being sacked as first grade captain (the Bulldogs went on to make the grand final without him). Laughton returned to Australia as captain of the 1979 Lions (disparagingly named 'Dad's Army') which is remembered as the first Great Britain team not to win a Test match in Australia. As a single-minded chief executive of English club Widnes Laughton later garnered criticism concerning his treatment of Australian club players in England.
- 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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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 16 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Wigan Warriors | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Great Britain | - | 22 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 77.27% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Widnes Vikings | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| European Championship | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 38 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 100.00% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 1970-71, 1973-74, 1979 | 15 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| England | 1977 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1970-1979 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 1970 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1974 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1974 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
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