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Patrick Weisner (born 17 March 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian rugby league footballer, and coach. He was an Ireland international kicking 3 drop goals on début vs Wales.

Playing career

A junior for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Weisner played in their 2000 Jersey Flegg Cup team alongside Braith Anasta and Roy Asotasi.[1]

In England, Weisner played for the Leigh Centurions, Halifax, Harlequins RL, Barrow Raiders and Hull Kingston Rovers.[2]

In 2005 he was named in The Championships dream team of the year as Loose Forward.

In 2010, the Manchester Evening News reported that Weisner left the Raiders, after he abandoned a club car at Manchester Airport, leaving Barrow with a £1,500 bill.[3]

He also represented Ireland, playing in three matches at the 2004 European Nations Cup.

Weisner later played for the Blacktown Workers, captaining their Ron Massey Cup side.[4]

Coaching career

In 2015 Weisner was appointed as the Blacktown Workers's football director and co-coach of the Ron Massey Cup side.[5] The club entered a team into the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW in partnership with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, and Weisner was appointed as coach.[6][7][8][9] In 2018 he was appointed Head Coach of the Asquith Magpies Ron Massey Cup team.

References

  1. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales on August 18, 2000 · Page 37".
  2. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Pat Weisner - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. ^ News, Manchester Evening (19 April 2010). "Rugby star's dumped car". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Asquith's winning streak ends". 19 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Workers have a job to do". 10 March 2015.
  6. ^ McMurtry, Andrew (20 March 2017). "Magpies swoop Sea Eagles - Pictures". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ^ McMurtry, Andrew (26 June 2017). "Doing the hard yards". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  8. ^ McMurtry, Andrew (7 June 2017). "Sea Eagles trust in Hales". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  9. ^ McMurtry, Andrew (19 June 2017). "Sea Eagles romp to big Intrust win". Retrieved 6 July 2017.