Simon Woolford

Simon Woolford ^[1]

Personal information
Full name	Simon Woolford
Born	(1975-04-07) 7 April 1975 (age 48) Young, New South Wales, Australia
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994–06 Canberra Raiders 234 35 1 0 142 2007–08 St. George Illawarra 28 1 0 0 4 Total 262 36 1 0 146 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2018–20 Huddersfield Giants 48 23 0 25 48
Source: [2] [3] As of 20 September 2019

Simon Woolford (born 7 April 1975) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who was most recently the head coach of the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, and a former professional rugby league footballer.

He played in the NRL for the Canberra Raiders and the St. George Illawarra Dragons, and represented Country in the City vs Country Origin match in 2002.

Background

Woolford was born in Young, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

He played for the Canberra Raiders and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. He primarily played as a Hooker. He made his first grade debut for Canberra on 29 May 1994 in round 11 of the season. ^[4] He played for NSW Country in the City vs Country Origin match in 2002.

Coaching career

Woolford coached the Queanbeyan Blues in the Canberra Rugby League competition. In 2015 he was suspended for nine months after breaking the window of the coaching box. This was later overturned in a retrial and a suspended sentence of 3 months was handed out. ^[5] In 2016, Woolford began coaching the Newcastle Intrust Super Premiership NSW side and in 2017 took the club to the finals. ^[6]

On 29 April 2018 Woolford was announced as the head coach of Huddersfield Giants in Super league on a two and half year deal. ^[7] He took over form Chris Thorman, who had been in charge on an interim basis following the sacking of Rick Stone earlier in the season.

At the start of the 2020 Super League season, it was announced that Woolford would be departing Huddersfield at the end of the campaign. On 16 September 2020, Woolford resigned from Huddersfield with immediate effect after a poor run of results. ^[8]

References

1. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/bacteria-to-grow-at-storm/story-e6frfgbo-1111115217127 ^{[ bare URL ]}
2. Simon Woolford at the Rugby League Project
3. Rugby League Project Coaches
4. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project".
5. "Simon Woolford handed suspended sentence at Seiffert Oval". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
6. "Who is Simon Woolford? TotalRL takes a look at the man tipped to become the next head coach of Huddersfield". 20 April 2018.
7. Booth, Mel (30 April 2018). "Simon Woolford is new Giants head coach on two-and-a-half year contract". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
8. "Huddersfield Giants season review". www.superleague.co.uk.

Sources

• Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN   978-1-877082-93-1.

External links

• Newcastle Knights profile
• Simon Woolford's Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Laurie Daley	Canberra Raiders captain 2001-2005	Succeeded by Clinton Schifcofske
Preceded by Chris Thorman 2018	Coach Huddersfield Giants 2018–2020	Succeeded by Luke Robinson (interim) 2020