Ivan Henjak

Ivan Henjak
Personal information
Born (1963-03-09) 9 March 1963 (age 61)[1]
Republic of Croatia
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981–83 St. George Dragons 23 4 0 0 16
1984–89 Canberra Raiders 118 29 0 0 116
1990–91 Western Suburbs 33 4 0 0 16
1992 St. George Dragons 11 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Hull FC 22 2 0 0 8
Total 207 39 0 0 156
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–90 Country NSW 2 1 0 0 4
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2009–10 Brisbane Broncos 51 27 0 24 53
Source: [2][3][4][5]
As of 25 May 2021

Ivan Henjak (/hɛnæk/) (born 9 March 1963)[1] is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. A New South Wales Country representative half back, Henjak played his club football in the NSWRL premiership with the St. George Dragons, Canberra Raiders and Western Suburbs Magpies, and later in England with Hull FC.

He later became head coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League, the second ever, having taken over from Wayne Bennett in 2009. Henjak is also the uncle of Australia international rugby union player Matt Henjak, while Henjak's son played front row for Australian Schoolboys. [citation needed]