Bob Dwyer
Bob Dwyer AM (born 29 November 1940) is an Australian rugby union coach.
Early life
Educated at Sydney Boys High School, from which he graduated in 1957,[1] Dwyer played 2nd XV rugby for the school, lining up alongside former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player George Taylforth and St. George Dragons halfback George Evans.[2]
Career
Dwyer coached
Dwyer moved to
In 1998 Dwyer was appointed head coach of recently relegated
In 2001 Dwyer returned to Australia and became coach of the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby (at the time known as Super 12). He led the Waratahs to an eighth-place finish in 2001 and their first semi-final in the competition in 2002. He resigned in 2003 after a fifth-place finish but stayed with the New South Wales union as a development officer.
In 2011, he was inducted into the
Books
He has written two autobiographies - The Winning Way (1992) and Full Time: A coach's Memoirs (2004). He was inducted into the
References
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- ^ "Five Famous Player-Coach Fallouts". Rugby World Today. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Rugby Union: Bristol promoted in top drawer fashion – Independent, The (London) – Find Articles at BNET.com". [dead link]
- ^ "Rugby Union: Waratahs decide on Dwyer in attempt to stop slide – Independent, The (London) – Find Articles at BNET.com". [dead link]
- ^ "Rugby Union: Dwyer's fight for the future – Independent, The (London) – Find Articles at BNET.com". [dead link]
- ^ "RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Bob Dwyer". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Guinness, Rupert (3 January 2013). "Dwyer recovering after heart attack". smh.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2013.