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Ray Branighan was an Australian rugby league player, a star Winger and Centre of the 1970s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs , the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Australian national representative side.
[edit] Souths club career
He played 52 games with South Sydney between 1968 and 1971. He played in the 1970 and 1971 victorious Rabbitohs Grand Finals scoring tries in both.
In 2004 he was named by Souths in their South Sydney Dream Team, [1], consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.
[edit] Manly club career
He was one of a number of 1971 Rabbitohs poached by wealthier clubs in 1972 and along with team mate John O'Neill he moved to Manly. He played 114 games for Manly between 1972 and 1978. He played in the victorious 1972 and 1973 Grand Finals for Manly as well as the 1978 Grand Final replay.
[edit] Representative career
Branighan represented for Australia in eight Test matches and appeared five times for New South Wales.
His brother Arthur Branighan played for South Sydney from 1968 to 1970, and his nephew Luke Branighan played with the St George Dragons in 2004.
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