Steve Martin (rugby league)

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Steve Martin
Personal information
Full nameSteven Martin
Born (1957-01-07) 7 January 1957 (age 65)
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales [1]
Playing information
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Position Halfback, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1975–76 Barrow
1978–81 Manly-Warringah 70210265
1982–84 Balmain 53100138
1983–84 Leeds
Total1233103103
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1978–80 New South Wales 21003
1978–80 Australia 10000
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
199092 North Sydney 693523251
199394 Featherstone Rovers 764432958
1998 South Sydney 18301517
Total1638257650
Source: [2] [3] [4]

Steve Martin (born 7 January 1957) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1990s. He was a representative player at both state and international levels and played in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, and the Balmain Tigers. Martin primarily played in the halfback position.

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Playing career

Martin was originally an Australian Rules footballer in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales but switched to rugby league with Wagga Wagga Kangaroos. He spent 19751976 playing for Barrow in English club football. He came to the notice of first-grade clubs in Australia when he represented Riverina in the 1976 Amco Cup competition.

Martin débuted for Manly in 1978 and was selected for New South Wales as five-eighth. In the same year he played in both the grand final, and the grand final replay win over Cronulla. Martin finished his début season as the NSWRL Rookie of the Year. He was then selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour, playing in eleven tour matches and one Test against France.

Martin was selected to represent New South Wales as an interchange for the inaugural State of Origin game in 1980. [5]

After several positional changes at Manly, Martin moved to Balmain in an effort to consolidate his career at halfback but a series of shoulder injuries kept him from his previous form. In 19831984, Martin played for Leeds in England.

Coaching career

In 19861987, Martin captain-coached West Tamworth to two premierships but two shoulder dislocations forced his retirement as a player. Moving to the North Sydney Bears in 1990, Martin coached the club to the 1991 preliminary-final but they lost to the Canberra Raiders.

1992 was a disappointing season for the Bears and Martin resigned at the end of the year, being succeeded by Peter Louis. An appointment as coach of Featherstone Rovers in England followed before Martin returned once more to Australia and took up the coaching position at the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1998 replacing the outgoing Ken Shine. His tenure at the club was brief. Martin was sacked after a disagreement over the disciplining of controversial five-eighth, Julian O'Neill, late in the season and handed the position over to Craig Coleman. [6]

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References

  1. wagga.nsw.gov.au. "Steve Martin". Sporting Hall of Fame. Museum of the Riverina . Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. NRL Stats [ permanent dead link ]
  3. RLP
  4. Coach statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
  5. "State Of Origin - Game 1, 1980". Rugby League Tables. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  6. "Season by Season - 1998". South Sydney Rabbitohs. Retrieved 16 December 2007.[ dead link ]