Craig Coleman
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | 31 January 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Craig Coleman (born 31 January 1963) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, and coach. He primarily played at halfback, and remains fourth on the list of most first-grade games played for Souths, 208.[3]
Playing career
Coleman was graded to South Sydney as a seventeen-year-old in 1980. In 1981 he played in the under-23 side coached by Brian Smith which lost only two games in the season and won the Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
He made his first-grade début for South Sydney in round 14 of the 1982 season, playing off the bench against the
During his eleven seasons with Souths, Coleman spent three off-seasons playing in England – Widnes, Hull FC and Leeds. After he was released by Souths at the end of the 1992 season, he played a fourth off-season in England, for Salford.[4][5]
Due to his late return to Australia (after 1 February signing deadline), Coleman was unable to sign with the Gold Coast for the 1993 season. He threatened to take the
Coaching career
Coleman returned to the Rabbitohs as a reserve-grade coach and took over from
In 2000, the Rabbitohs were excluded from the
Controversies
Coleman was charged with assaulting a man at Bondi Junction on 31 August 1987.[13] In March 1988 Coleman was sentenced to weekend detention for this crime. He appealed the decision and this appeal was upheld in June 1989.[14][15]
Coleman was charged with assaulting a man during a game of touch football on 27 January 1986. This charge was dismissed in February 1988.[16]
References
- Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
- Tony Adams (5 September 2007). "Legend Q&A". Rugby League Week. pp. 22–23.
Footnotes
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Craig Coleman – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Craig Coleman – Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "South Sydney factbox" (Fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 14 October 1999. Retrieved 27 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "1989 Rabbitohs: Where are they now?". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Rugby League: Salford exploit pressure". Independent.co.uk. 14 January 1993. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Factbox on careers of Andrew Farrar and Craig Coleman" (Fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 14 August 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Souths factbox" (Fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 9 March 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Coleman hangs on" (Fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 26 September 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Rabbitohs axe Langmack". ABC News. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Sacked Coleman bitter as Blake takes interim role" (Fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 3 March 2003. Retrieved 27 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Craig Coleman Coaching Stats". Sports Data. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
- ^ "Footballer in court on assault charge". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 1987. p. 8.
- ^ "Coleman would have lost $200,000". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1989. p. 56.
- ^ "Football denies kicking man in nightclub brawl". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 March 1988. p. 7.
- ^ "Sport assault charge dismissed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 February 1988. p. 6.