Steve Buckingham (rugby league)
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Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Buckingham is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player. His position of preference was at Halfback. He is currently the head coach of the Mount Albert Lions.[1]
Early years
Buckingham started his career playing for the
Bartercard Cup
In the late 1990s Buckingham left Glenora after a dispute over match payments.
During this time he played for several
Later years
With the launch of the
In 2008 he returned to playing in the local Auckland competition and was a part of Mt Albert's Fox Memorial winning side.[7] He also received the club's best half award.[8] Buckingham continued to play for Mt Albert in 2009 and came out of retirement as player-coach in 2011.
Coaching career
While still playing in 2009 Buckingham served as an assistant coach under Brett Gemmell. In 2010 Buckingham became the Lions head coach when Gemmell was appointed the coach of the
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Rattue, Chris (22 September 2006). "League: Warrior turned Lion king". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- One Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ New Zealand 'A' 2003 NZRL
- ^ New Zealand 'A' 2004 NZRL
- ^ Several Allied Workforce Development Players Named in Auckland Lions Team Warriors'co.nz
- Central Leader. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Lions Win Grand Final 24-22 Mt Albert Lions, 3 November 2008
- ^ "What they said", Super League, Issue 1 2010. p.17
- ^ Odds stacked against Falcons nzrl.co.nz, 21 August 2014
- ^ Akarana Falcons nzrl.co.nz