Jack Elsegood

Barry Francis "Jack" Elsegood (born 22 December 1973 in Sydney, Australia), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and former race driver.

Rugby League Manly Warringah Sea Eagles A Manly Warringah Sea Eagles junior and an Australian Schoolboys representative in 1991, Elsegood made his first grade debut for the Sea Eagles in the opening round of the 1993 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 Brisbane at the Sydney Football Stadium ), as well as winning both the Dally M 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 World Sevens 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 injury would also hamper his form and he only crossed for four tries for the year and he was subsequently overlooked for the Kangaroo Tour.

Elsegood would continue to be a regular on the Manly wing in both 1995 and 1996, though he missed Manly's Grand Final loss to the Sydney Bulldogs in 1995 while he sat on an extended bench for Manly's 20–8 win over St George in the 1996 Grand Final but did not get to play on the day.

Sydney City Roosters After four years and 72 games for Manly, Elsegood signed with the Sydney City Roosters 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 eight seasons, Elsegood retired from playing rugby league at the end of the 2000 NRL season.

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, Elsegood moved into property development and was a co-owner of Delmege Residential with future Manly Sea Eagles sponsor/owner Max Delmege. In 2001 he had his first race in an HQ Holden and made his debut in the V8 Ute Racing Series in 2002. He won the Australian V8 Ute Racing Series in 2009 and has been runner up four times (2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010). Jack Elsegood is the grandson of Newtown Jets legendary hardman Frank 'Bumper' Farrell.

At the 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour race held at the famous Mount Panorama Circuit, Elsegood finished ninth outright and 1st in Class D driving a Ford BF Falcon XR8 alongside Chris Delfsma and legendary Australian driver and multiple championship winner across multiple categories including twice winning the Bathurst 1000, John Bowe.

Elsegood also made an appearance in the 2007 rugby league drama film The Final Winter.

In 2009, Elsegood along with Brett Delmege held two seats on the Manly Sea Eagles club board due to Delmege's father Max having a 36% stake in the club. This ended in late-2010 when Max Delmege sold most of his stake in the Sea Eagles to club sponsor, eco-hot water company Quantum.

Motorsports career results Season Series Position Car Team / Entrant 2002 Australian V8 BrUte Series 10th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Jack Elsegood Racing 2003 Australian V8 BrUte Series 15th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Jack Elsegood Racing 2004 Australian V8 BrUte Series 2nd Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Jack Elsegood Racing Biante Model Cars Historic Touring Car Series 21st Ford XY Falcon GT 2005 Australian V8 BrUte Series 10th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing Biante Model Cars Historic Touring Car Series 5th Ford XY Falcon GT Eric Stanford 2006 Australian V8 Ute Series 2nd Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing 2007 Australian V8 Ute Series 2nd Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing 2008 Australian V8 Ute Series 4th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing 2009 Australian V8 Ute Series 1st Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Clear Racing 2010 Australian V8 Ute Series 2nd Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Clear Racing 2011 Australian V8 Ute Series 8th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Clear Racing 2012 Australian V8 Ute Series 17th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Clear Racing 2013 Australian V8 Ute Series 25th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Fuchs/Hustler Mowers 2016 Australian V8 Ute Series 35th Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Domain Residential

Endurance racing Year Race Car Qualified Position Class 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour Mitsubishi Mirage RS 31st 12th 4th 2005 Gemini 1 Hour Holden Gemini Coupe 11th 6th 6th 2006 1000km of Spa Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 36th 25th 11th 2007 Bathurst 12 Hour Ford Falcon XR8 11th 9th 1st 2008 Bathurst 12 Hour Mitsubishi Evo 8 8th DNF DNF Wakefield 300 Ford Falcon XR8 Ute 8th 2nd 1st 2010 Wakefield 300 Ford Falcon XR8 Ute 17th DNF DNF 2011 Winton 300 Ford Falcon XR8 Ute DNQ DNS DNS

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2002 David Borg David Borg Allan Shepherd Mitsubishi Mirage 10 457 12th 4th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Century 21 John Bowe Chris Delfsma Ford BF Falcon XR8 D 244 9th 1st 2008 Coopers / Brock Harcourts Michael Brock Garry Young Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII A 77 DNF DNF

Filmography The Final Winter (2007)