Barry "Jack" Elsegood (born 22 December 1973 in

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), is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer and former race driver.

Rugby League

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...

junior and an

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representative in 1991, Elsegood was made his first grade debut for the Sea Eagles in the opening round of the

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against local rivals North Sydney. 1993 was actually to be Elsegood's best individual season at Manly. He played 22 games, scored 12 tries (including a memorable length of the field try in Manly's 36–10 Minor Semi-final loss to

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at the

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), as well as winning both the

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Rookie of the Year and the Norwich Rising Star awards. 1994 was a down year for Elsegood. A shoulder injury suffered in Manly's successful

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win in the pre-season would hamper him for the season and would eventually require surgery at seasons end. Unfortunately for Elsegood, who before the season was tipped as a bolter for the

1994 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France The 1994 Kangaroo Tour was the 18th and last Kangaroo Tour played in the conventional format, where the Australia national rugby league team (known as the XXXX Kangaroos due to sponsorship reasons) played a number of matches against British and F ...

, the injury would also hamper his form and he only crossed for 4 tries for the year and he was subsequently overlooked for the

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. Elsegood would continue to be a regular on the Manly wing in both

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and

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, though he missed Manly's Grand Final loss to the

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in 1995 while he sat on an extended bench for Manly's 20–8 win over

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in the 1996 Grand Final but did not get to play on the day.

Sydney City Roosters

After 4 years and 72 games for Manly, Elsegood signed with the

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from 1997. He would go on to play 77 games for the Roosters, crossing for 35 tries (10 more than at Manly). After 149 games in 8 seasons, Elsegood retired from playing rugby league at the end of the

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Rugby League career highlights

* 1991 Australian School Boys * 1993 Dally M Rookie of the year (Manly) * 1993 Norwich Rising Star (Manly) * 1995 ARL Minor Premiers (Manly) * 1996 ARL Minor Premiers (Manly) * 1996 ARL Premiers (Manly) † † Did not play in Grand Final

Motor racing

After retiring from football at the end of the 2000 season, he moved into property development and was a co-owner of Delmege Residential. In 2001 he had his first race in an HQ Holden and made his debut in the

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in 2002. He won the Australian V8 Ute Racing Series in

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and has been runner up four times (2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010). Jack Elsegood is the grandson of

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legendary hardman Frank 'Bumper' Farrell. At the

2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour The 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour was an Australian endurance race for Production Cars, held over a twelve-hour period starting from 5:45am on 8 April 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales. It was the fifth Bathurst 12 Ho ...

race held at the famous

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, Elsegood finished 9th outright and 1st in Class D driving a

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XR8 alongside Chris Delfsma and multiple championship winning and twice

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winner John Bowe. Elsegood also made an appearance in the 2007 rugby league drama film ''

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''.

Motorsports career results

Endurance racing

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elsegood, Jack 1972 births Living people Australian rugby league players Sportsmen from New South Wales Rugby league players from Sydney Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players Sydney Roosters players Racing drivers from Sydney European Le Mans Series drivers Rugby league wingers