Bob Bailey (rugby league)

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Bob Bailey
Personal information
Full nameRobert Bailey
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Ponsonby
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1983–87 Auckland
1990–91 New Zealand 630350
Source: [1] [2]

Robert Bailey is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, [1] and coach of the New Zealand national rugby league team. [2]

Career

Bailey played for Ponsonby with his three brothers. Two of them, Roger and Gary, played for New Zealand. [3]

From the Bay Roskill Vikings club, Bailey coached Auckland between 1983 and 1987. [3] [4] During this time Auckland did not lose a provincial or inter-district match, the worst result being a 12-all draw with the South Island in 1985. [5]

Bailey later coached the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1990 and 1991. This included matches that counted towards the 1992 World Cup. He finished his coaching career with an even record of three wins and three losses.[ citation needed ]

In 2003 Bailey assisted the Russian side in their tour of New Zealand and at the Victory Cup, which they won by defeating British Amateur Rugby League Association. [6] [7]

In 2004 Bailey spent time in Russia, working as the coaching advisor to the Moscow Dynamo club as they competed in the Challenge Cup. [8] He returned later in the year for a one-year spell with the national side. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 218. ISBN   978-1-86969-331-2.
  4. ↑ Bay Roskill Rugby League Inc Auckland Rugby League
  5. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4, p.254.
  6. 1 2 "Rugby league: Endacott, Bailey take off for overseas posts". The New Zealand Herald . 16 August 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  7. ↑ Bob Bailey to assist with Russian National side rleague.com, 5 July 2003
  8. ↑ Goulding's red alert Daily Post, 5 February 2004
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