Andrew Farrar

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Andrew Farrar
ANDREW FARRAR (former rugby league footballer and coach).jpg
Andrew Farrar in February 2012
Personal information
Born (1962-05-17) 17 May 1962 (age 62)
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Position Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1981–90 Canterbury Bulldogs 18639341224
1991–92 Western Suburbs 4370230
1992–93 Wigan 38130052
1994 Illawarra Steelers 2230012
Total28962343318
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1984–91 NSW Country 52008
1984–90 New South Wales 730012
1988 Australia 10000
1985 NSW City 10000
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
199798 Illawarra Steelers 472142245
200002 St. George Illawarra 592552942
Total1064695143
Source: [1] [2]

Andrew Farrar is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs, Wigan and the Illawarra Steelers. Farrar also played for New South Wales in the State of Origin on several occasions and played for Australia in the 1988 World Cup Final. As a coach he worked with the Illawarra Steelers, the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Wigan Warriors, and from 2017 to 2019 was the General Manager of Football at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

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Playing career

While attending Cowra High School, Farrar played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1979. [3] Farrar played the majority of his career at Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, enjoying 11 seasons at Canterbury. He played his first match for the club in 1981, and finished up in 1990. In that time he played in 186 first grade matches for the club. In 1991, he joined the Western Suburbs, staying there for two years. [4] [5]

England

In late 1992, he went to England to play for the Wigan club. Farrar played centre, in Wigan's 5–4 victory over St. Helens in the 1992 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1992–93 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 18 October 1992. [6] Andrew Farrar played left-centre in the 15–8 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1992–93 Regal Trophy Final during the 1992–93 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 23 January 1993. [7]

In 1994, he returned to Australia, and played his last season for the Illawarra Steelers.

Coaching career

Farrar became coach for the Illawarra Steelers in 1997. He was coach for the club for two seasons. In 1999, the Steelers formed a joint venture with the St. George Dragons to become a new entity – the St. George Illawarra Dragons. In 1999 and the first half of 2000, he was the assistant coach of the club. He then became head coach (in mid-2000) until 2002.

Farrar returned to Canterbury in 2008 when he was elected to the Board of Directors at the Bulldogs Annual General Meeting on 17 February.

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References

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  2. Rugby League Project Coaches
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Coach
Illawarra colours.svg
Illawarra Steelers

1997–1998
Succeeded by
team formed joint venture with St George
Preceded by
David Waite
1999–2000
Coach
St. George colours.svg
St. George Illawarra Dragons

2000–2002
Succeeded by
Nathan Brown
2003–2008