About Bob McCarthy
Robert John McCarthy MBE is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He later coached in Brisbane, taking Souths Magpies to a premiership in 1981 and coaching the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants upon their entry to the Winfield Cup. Since 2001 he has been the chairman of both the Australian and NSW state selection panels. Bobby McCarthy first tasted representative football in 1964 scoring two tries for a New South Wales Colts side against a touring French team. In 1965 he was in the team of young Rabbitohs who challenged St George in the Grand Final in front of a record breaking crowd of 78,065 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1975 McCarthy became only the second forward in the history of the game after Frank Burge to surpass the 100 career try tally.
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