Peter Louis

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Peter Louis
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Personal information
Born (1945-01-18) 18 January 1945 (age 79)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1968–70 Canterbury-Bankstown 30000
1970–??Woy Woy
Total30000
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1993–99 North Sydney Bears 1599675860
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1997 NSW City 10010
Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
As of 2 February 2024

Peter Louis (born 18 January 1945) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for Sydney's Canterbury-Bankstown club in the 1960s as well as in the country for Woy Woy's club. Louis then started coaching there before returning to Sydney, eventually becoming head coach of the North Sydney Bears in the 1990s. After almost seven seasons he became the National Rugby League referees' coach.

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Playing career

Louis started his playing career in Woy Woy before moving to Sydney and joining NSWRFL premiership club, Canterbury-Bankstown in 1968. [2] He played mostly in reserve grade, with a handful of appearances in first grade during the 1969 NSWRFL season. [1] Part-way through the 1970 season Louis returned to Woy Woy where he was captain-coach. He guided the club to a first grade premiership. [6]

Coaching career

Louis returned to Sydney and had success coaching in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's reserve grade for the Parramatta Eels from 1984 to 1989 and the North Sydney Bears from 1990. [3] He replaced Steve Martin as head coach of North Sydney for the 1993 NSWRL season. [4]

After falling just outside the top five play-off group in his first year, he helped the Bears come to within one win of the minor premiership for the 1994 NSWRL season and was named coach of the year at the Dally M Awards. Under Louis Norths then came within one match of the 1996 ARL season's grand final.

The following season in 1997, Louis coached Norths to a 4th placed finish. North Sydney reached their 4th preliminary final in 7 years but once again fell short of an elusive grand final appearance losing to the Newcastle Knights. With less than 10 minutes to play, Norths had scored a try through Michael Buettner which gave captain Jason Taylor the chance to kick a goal which would give Norths a 14-12 lead.

Taylor a normally reliable goal kicker missed the conversion. Newcastle then went on to kick a field goal and score a try right on the full time siren to win the match 17-12. [7]

Louis was appointed coach of City New South Wales for the City vs Country Origin match of 1997 which Country won. [5]

Norths again reached the play-offs in the 1998 NRL season but were eliminated after losing to Parramatta and Canterbury-Bankstown in consecutive weeks.

During the 1999 season, North Sydney's last in the NRL, he announced his retirement as head coach of the club, [3] being succeeded by Kieran Dempsey.

At the end of his coaching career with Norths, Louis had the second highest win percentage out of anyone who had coached the club before him except for 1921 & 1922 premiership winning coach Chris McKivat. [8]

At the end of the 1999 NRL season Louis succeeded Michael Stone as NRL referees' coach. At the end of the 2002 NRL season he resigned from the position. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Louis - Player Profile". nrlstats.com. Sports Data. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Peter Louis". thebulldogs.com.au. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs . Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Alan Whiticker. "Peter Louis". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Peter Louis - Coach Profile". nrlstats.com. Sports Data. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Coaching profile - Peter Louis". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Here Come The Roosters: The History of the Woy Woy RLFC (PDF). Australia: Woy Woy Roosters. p. 13. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Top 10 preliminary final heartbreaks". www.nrl.com. 23 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "North Sydney Bears - Coaches - Rugby League Project".
  9. ↑ Steve Mascord and Brad Walter (6 September 2002). "Search for new refs chief to replace Louis". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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Preceded by
Steve Martin
1990–1992
 Coach
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North Sydney
1993–1999		Succeeded by
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