Willie Peters

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Willie Peters
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Personal information
Born (1979-03-01) 1 March 1979 (age 45)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight75 kg (11 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position Halfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1997–98 South Sydney 182008
1999 Gateshead Thunder 27111652
2000 Wigan Warriors 31165680
2001–02 St. George Illawarra 38130557
2003–04 South Sydney 2023115
2004 Widnes Vikings 930214
Total14347920226
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2023– Hull Kingston Rovers 472901862
Source: [1]
As of 26 May 2024

Willie Peters (born 1 March 1979) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer. Peters played in the 1990s and 2000s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs as a halfback. [2] He had also previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons as well as in England for Gateshead, Widnes and Wigan.

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Background

Willie Peters was born in Sydney, Australia.

Playing career

While playing for Souths in the 1990s, coach Craig Coleman declared that Peters could be the next Peter Sterling. [3] In 1999, Peters joined Gateshead before joining Wigan in 2000. Peters played for the Wigan Warriors at scrum half back in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens

In 2001, Peters joined St. George playing with the club for two seasons before returning to Souths in 2003. Peters played his two final seasons in Australia with South Sydney where the club finished with back to back wooden spoons. In 2004, Peters joined Widnes and played one season with the club before retiring. [4]

Post playing

In 2016, Peters became head coach of the Wests Tigers Holden Cup team. In 2017, Peters became the assistant coach at Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. After the controversy mentioned below, Peters became an NRL assistant coach under Wayne Bennett at the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2019, [5] [6] before joining with the Newcastle Knights in 2020 as assistant coach.

In May 2022, Peters was named as the new coach of Hull Kingston Rovers, succeeding Tony Smith. Peters took charge at the end of the 2022 season. [7] On 12 August 2023, Peters guided Hull Kingston Rovers to the Challenge Cup final against Leigh, however the club would lose 17-16 after golden point extra-time. [8] Peters later guided Hull Kingston Rovers to fourth place and qualification for the playoffs. Hull Kingston Rovers would reach the semi-final but were defeated 42-12 against Wigan. [9]

Controversy

On 15 September 2017, Peters left his position at Manly after it was alleged he had been involved in a fight with another Manly staff member at a pub in The Rocks, Sydney. Peters was issued with an infringement notice by police for offensive behaviour. The Manly club later released a statement which read "The Sea Eagles will not tolerate misconduct and expect all employees to represent the club at the highest standard," Manly owner and chairman Scott Penn said. "All employees agree to the club's code of conduct and know what is expected of them. We must uphold these standards and will not accept any avoidable breach of conduct". [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Willie Peters – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ Suckling, Laura (9 October 2013). "NRL training for teens". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney.
  3. ↑ "The Daily Telegraph". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report – Willie Peters". Ssralmanac.com.
  5. ↑ "Sacked Manly coach Willie Peters joins Souths". Sporting News.
  6. ↑ "Manly assistant coach Willie Peters sacked after pub fist fight". Fox Sports. 15 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Willie Peters to take over from Tony Smith as Hull KR coach on three-year deal from 2023". Sky Sports. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Challenge Cup final: Hull KR 16-17 Leigh Leopards - Leigh claim first Wembley final win in 52 years". www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Relive Wigan's thumping win v Hull KR to head to Grand Final". www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Manly Sea Eagles assistant coach Willie Peters leaves club after pub fight with colleague". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 2017.
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