Peter Gentle
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Born | Australia | 26 September 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whittiker/Hudson[1] |
Peter Gentle (born rugby league coach and former footballer who played in the 1980s. Gentle is currently the Assistant Coach at the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
26 September 1965) is an AustralianClub career
A halfback and St. George junior, Gentle played three games of first grade for St. George Dragons over two seasons between 1987–1988, featuring mostly in the lower grades. Prior to that, he had played for Mansfield Marksman in the Rugby Football League in England during the 1986–87 season. He is the son of former Western Suburbs Magpies and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coach, Ken Gentle.[2]
Coaching career
Gentle captain-coached the
Gentle was appointed as acting head coach of the Brisbane Broncos from 26 August 2020 following the resignation of Anthony Seibold.[5] Following the conclusion of the 2020 NRL Season, Gentle departed the Brisbane Broncos. On September 28, 2020, it was announced that Gentle will be an Assistant Coach at the St. George Illawarra Dragons to Head Coach Anthony Griffin.[6]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "Back to back - Camden snare second straight premiership". Southern Highlands News. State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV. 23 September 1998. p. 67.
- ^ "Hull FC appoint Australian Peter Gentle as new head coach". The Guardian. Press Association. 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Tears flow as Seibold trades clipboard for cowboy hat". NRL.com.au. 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Dragons finalise 2021 football department". St George Illawarra Dragons. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.