Noel Hazzard

Noel Hazzard

Personal information
Playing information
Weight	14 st (89 kg)[1]
Position	Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Natives (Bundaberg)
	Dalby
	Wattles (Roma)
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1946–54	Queensland	12
1951–54	Australia	13	2	0	0	6

Noel Hazzard was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative three-quarter back, he played his club football in Bundaberg and Roma.^[2]

Hazzard captained a 'Natives' team in Queensland during the 1940s, suffering a broken collarbone in 1948.^[3] In 1951 Hazzard was first selected to represent Australia, becoming Kangaroo number 284.^[4] Hazzard was selected to go on the 1952-53 Kangaroo tour. He played in 23 games, including an appearance at centre for Australia in the first test at Leeds.^[5]

Hazzard was selected to play for Australia from Roma Wattles against Great Britain in 1957.^[6]

In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Hazzard was named at centre in the Bundaberg Rugby League's team of the century.^[7]

References

1. "Third Test Tactics". The Morning Bulletin. 21 July 1951. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
2. "Queensland Representative Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
3. sportingpulse.com. "1947-1960". Club History. Past Brothers RLFC. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
4. australianrugbyleague.com.au. "Player Register". Kangaroos. Australian Rugby League.
5. "Hazzard uses weight". The Courier Mail. 11 October 1952. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
6. "History". Roma & District Rugby League. sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
7. "BRL Team of the Century named". sportingpulse.com. Bundaberg Rugby League Ltd. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

External links

• Noel Hazzard - Career Stats & Summary at rugbyleagueproject.org