Bob McCarthy

For the English footballer, see Bob McCarthy (footballer).

Bob McCarthy
MBE
Personal information
Full nameRobert James McCarthy
Born (1946-08-05) 5 August 1946 (age 78)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1963–75 South Sydney 206 100 0 1 301
1976–77 Canterbury-Bankstown 40 19 0 0 57
1978 South Sydney 5 0 0 0 0
Total 251 119 0 1 358
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–74 New South Wales 11 7 0 0 21
1969–74 Australia 15 7 0 1 22
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1980–83 Souths (Brisbane) 78 53 2 23 68
1988–90 Gold Coast Giants 66 15 3 48 23
1975–94 South Sydney 9 1 0 8 11
Total 153 69 5 79 45
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Brisbane
Source: [1][2]

Robert James McCarthy MBE (born 5 August 1946) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He later coached in Brisbane, taking Souths Magpies to a premiership in 1981 and coaching the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants upon their entry to the Winfield Cup. Since 2001 he has been the chairman of both the Australian[3] and NSW state selection panels.

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ Rugby League Project Coaches
  3. ^ ARL (2008). "Australian Rugby Football League 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). Australian Rugby Football League Limited. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-19.