Les Brennan
Encyclopedia
Leslie Brennan is an Australian former rugby league
player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
in the New South Wales Rugby League
competition. He holds the record for the third most number of tries in a NSWRL season, scoring 29 tries in 1954. This is the standing record for the highest number of tries in a debut season and also the highest in a season for Souths.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
in the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
competition. He holds the record for the third most number of tries in a NSWRL season, scoring 29 tries in 1954. This is the standing record for the highest number of tries in a debut season and also the highest in a season for Souths.