Peter Gentle

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Peter Gentle
Personal information
Born (1965-09-26) 26 September 1965 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Halfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1987–88 St. George Dragons 30000
1986–87 Mansfield Marksman 201004
Total231004
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
201213 Hull F.C. 643442453
2020 Brisbane Broncos 50050
Total693442949
Source: Whittiker/Hudson [1]

Peter Gentle (born 26 September 1965) is a former Australian rugby league coach and former footballer who played in the 1980s. Gentle is currently the Recruitment Manager of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

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Club career

A halfback and St. George junior, Gentle played three games of first grade for St. George Dragons over two seasons between 1987–1988, featuring mostly in the lower grades. Prior to that, he had played for Mansfield Marksman in the Rugby Football League in England during the 1986–87 season. He is the son of former Western Suburbs Magpies and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coach, Ken Gentle. [2]

Coaching career

Gentle captain-coached the Camden Rams to consecutive Group 6 Rugby League first grade premierships in 1997 and 1998. [3] Gentle was employed as the head coach of Hull FC in the English Super League in 2012 and 2013. [4] In Australia, he has worked as an assistant coach for various National Rugby League clubs, including Parramatta Eels, Wests Tigers, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Brisbane Broncos. In international rugby league, he has additionally worked as an assistant coach for both Australia and Italy.

Gentle was appointed as acting head coach of the Brisbane Broncos from 26 August 2020 following the resignation of Anthony Seibold. [5] Following the conclusion of the 2020 NRL Season, Gentle departed the Brisbane Broncos. On September 28, 2020, it was announced that Gentle will be an Assistant Coach at the St. George Illawarra Dragons to Head Coach Anthony Griffin. [6]

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Alan Whittikcker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ( ISBN   1875169571)
  3. "Back to back - Camden snare second straight premiership". Southern Highlands News. State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV. 23 September 1998. p. 67.
  4. "Hull FC appoint Australian Peter Gentle as new head coach". The Guardian . Press Association. 12 September 2011.
  5. "Tears flow as Seibold trades clipboard for cowboy hat". NRL.com.au. 26 August 2020.
  6. "Dragons finalise 2021 football department". St George Illawarra Dragons. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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