Stanley Tepend

Stanley Tepend

Personal information
Born	(1973-05-15) 15 May 1973 (age 52) Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 0 4
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2023 PNG Hunters 20 9 1 10 45 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2015 PNG PM's XIII 1 0 0 1 0 2017 PNG PM's XIII 1 0 0 1 0 2022 PNG PM's XIII 1 0 0 1 0 2022 Papua New Guinea 5 3 0 2 60
Source: [1] [2] As of 25 Aug 2023

Stanley Tepend (born 15 May 1973) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who was the former head coach ^[3] of the PNG Hunters in the Hostplus Cup and formerly the national coach of the Papua New Guinea Kumuls. ^[4]

Playing career

Tepend played for the Enga Mioks in the PNG SP Inter-city cup national competition.

The Enga Mioks won the 2000 Digicel cup with Tepend starting at hooker in the win.

Coaching career

Some of Tepend's earliest coaching roles were as an assistant for the PNG national side at the 2017 World Cup and a six time premiership winner as the foundation head coach of the Lae Snax Tigers in the PNG NRL Competition. He is currently the coach of the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Hostplus Cup. ^[5]

In 2022 Tepend was appointed head coach of the 13-aside Papua New Guinea national rugby league team ^[6] after Michael Marum left to pursue a career in politics. ^[7] He is PNG's 13th National Coach and 5th former PNG Kumuls player after John Wagambie, Stanley Gene, Adrian Lam and Michael Marum to become coach of the Kumuls.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Matthew Church 2020-22	Coach Papua New Guinea Hunters 2023	Succeeded by

References

1. Stanley Tepend rugbyleagueproject.org
2. "Stanley Tepend - Coaching Career - RLP".
3. "Tepend steps down as Hunters coach". Archived from the original on 2023-11-05.
4. "Hunters confirm Head Coach and training squad for 2023 - SP PNG Hunters". 25 November 2022.
5. "Hunters appoint Stanley Tepend as assistant coach". Queensland Rugby League. November 2, 2021.
6. "Tepend appointed as Kumuls coach". Post Courier. May 12, 2022.
7. "PNG: From national rugby league coach to MP?". ABC Radio Australia. April 1, 2022.