Kurt Wrigley

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Kurt Wrigley
Personal information
Born (1969-09-13) 13 September 1969 (age 53)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Position Fullback, Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1992–94 Cronulla Sharks 2133018
1995 St. George Dragons 50306
1997 Adelaide Rams 15530181
Total418361105
Source: [1]

Kurt Wrigley (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian rugby league coach and former player. He played for the Cronulla Sharks, St. George Dragons and the Adelaide Rams and has also been an assistant coach at the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle Knights. [2]

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Retirement

After his retirement at the end of 1997, Wrigley went on to become a qualified coach, serving as an assistant coach for the Adelaide Rams. He then moved to the Cronulla Sharks and worked in coaching and development, coaching the Matthew's Cup side to a premiership in 2000. Following that, he took a role as NRL Assistant Coach with St. George Illawarra Dragons from 2004 to 2008. He then spent a year as Chief Executive of Oztag Australia. [3]

He worked as an NRL assistant coach with South Sydney Rabbitohs between 2010 and 2016. [4] In 2015, he was named as the Queensland under-20s State of Origin coach. [5]

In 2017, Wrigley joined the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach, [6] before leaving for other opportunities outside of rugby league in 2018. [7]

Kurt is now a facilitator at Leading Teams.

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary

GamesTriesGoalsF/GPoints
418361105

Matches played

TeamMatchesYears
Cronulla Sharks211992–1994
St. George Dragons51995
Adelaide Rams151997

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References

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  2. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN   1875169571
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