Tony Benson (rugby league)

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Tony Benson
Personal information
Full nameTony Edwin Benson
Born (1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 (age 58)
Auckland, New Zealand
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2001–05 Hibiscus Coast Raiders
2005–06
Leigh Centurions
2007 London Skolars
2009–12 Oldham R.L.F.C.
2013–14 Oxford Rugby League
2015–16 MMU RL
2015–16 Crosfields RL
2021– Glenora Bears
Total 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2002–05 Junior Kiwis
2007 Ireland A
2015–17 Belgium 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Kiwi Ferns
As of 15 March 2021

Tony Benson (born 22 December 1965) is a rugby league coach from New Zealand.

Coaching career

New Zealand

Benson coached Bartercard Cup team Hibiscus Coast Raiders from 2001 to 2005, as well as the Junior Kiwis team from 2003 to 2005.[1]

Great Britain

Moving to Britain in September 2005, Benson took charge of

Northern Rail Cup
final.

Benson parted company with Leigh after the club's defeat by Batley Bulldogs in the 2006 National League One playoffs. Following the announcement, a number of Leigh's coaching staff and management left the club, resigning to show solidarity with Benson.

In 2007, Benson coached the Ireland A squad in the four nations championship.[3] He also led the Irish Wolfhounds on a tour of New Zealand.[4]

He was appointed head coach of the London Skolars in December 2007 to replace Latham Tawhai, who left to become the understudy coach at neighbours Harlequins RL. Benson left his job at London Skolars at the end of the season due to the inconvenience of travelling from his home in Leigh, Greater Manchester.[5]

In 2009 he was appointed head coach of Oldham R.L.F.C. in the British Rugby League National Championship 1.[1]

When he left Oldham, Benson became the first coach of new side

Belgium Rugby League as Sport Director.[6]
Benson then decided to give up the professional side of the game to set up a coaching business coaching the amateur side of the game. He took on the Crosfields first team job, Manchester Met University RL and Leigh Miners U13s, while still coaching Belgium. He coached each team for 2 years and in his second season he won every title available losing only 3 games in a season across all 4 teams.

Kiwi Ferns

He was appointed as the coach of the

Kiwi Ferns in March 2017 where they competed at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup and lost narrowly in the Grand Final after completing the pool games undefeated.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tony Benson named as new coach". Rugbyleagueforums.co.uk. 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Kiwi Benson appointed Leigh coach". BBC Sport. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Rotorua Daily Post
    . Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ^ [1] [dead link]
  6. ^ "Ex-Oxford RL boss Tony Benson is new Belgium Rugby League Sport Director". Rugby League Planet. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Tony Benson replaces Alan Jackson as Kiwi Ferns coach". 6 March 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Coach
Leigh Centurions
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
Darren Shaw
2006–2008
Preceded by
Latham Tawhai
2005-2007
 Coach

London Skolars
2007-2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Steve Deakin
2007–2008
 Coach
Oldham RLFC
2008–2012 		Succeeded by
Scott Naylor
2013–2019
Preceded by
Eric Delreux
2009–2015
 Coach
Belgium
Belgium
2015–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Coach
New Zealand
Kiwi Ferns
2017–2018 		Succeeded by
Justin Morgan
2018–2020
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