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Dean Clark (rugby league)

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Dean Clark
Personal information
Full nameDean Gordon Clark
Born (1968-01-06) 6 January 1968 (age 56)
New Zealand
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionStand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Otahuhu Leopards
1988 Eastern Suburbs 7 1 0 0 4
1991–94 Hull Kingston Rovers 19 7
1995–96 Counties Manukau 23 7 1 0 30
1996 Leeds Rhinos 13 3 0 0 12
Total 62 18 1 0 46
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–97 Auckland
1989–92 New Zealand 7 2 0 0 8
1990–97 New Zealand Māori
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2006 New Zealand Māori
Source: [1]

Dean Clark (born 6 January 1968) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former footballer who represented New Zealand between 1989 and 1992.

Playing career

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An Otahuhu Leopards junior, Clark joined the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1988 playing in seven matches.[2]

Clark then travelled to England, joining Hull Kingston Rovers in the English competition.[3]

Clark returned to New Zealand in 1995, playing for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup.[4]

Clark played with the Leeds Rhinos in 1996, but was released from the club after one season.[5]

Clark then moved to the Mangere East Hawks, where he played in the 1998 Fox Memorial grand final.[6]

In 1999 Clark joined the Otahuhu Leopards, and represented Auckland South.[7]

Representative career

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An Auckland representative, Clark played for the Kiwis seven times between 1989 and 1992. He was a trialist in 1993 but did not make the final Kiwis side.

Clark represented the New Zealand Māori in 1990, 1995 and at the 1997 Oceania Cup.[8]

Clark played for the New Zealand Residents in 1990, 1992 and 1995.

Coaching career

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In the 2000 Bartercard Cup Clark was the player-coach of the Otahuhu Leopards, his first coaching role.[9] The Leopards made the grand final, losing 24-38 to the Canterbury Bulls.

Clark coached the Tamaki Titans between 2006 and 2007 in the Bartercard Cup. He was the coach of the New Zealand Māori in 2006.[10]

He coached the Papakura Sea Eagles to seventh in 2010, and again in 2011.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Dean Clark". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ Wigan punish heroic Hull The Independent, 10 March 1993
  4. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.p.90-92
  5. ^ Club-by-Club guide to the Super League The Independent, 13 March 1997
  6. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.126
  7. ^ Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  8. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.179
  9. ^ Formidable look to Leopards[dead link] The Press, 26 July 2000
  10. ^ Coffey, John; Wood, Bernie (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
  11. ^ Papakura Sea Eagles Contact Information Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine Auckland Rugby League, 2010