Kurt Wrigley

Kurt Wrigley (born 13 September 1969, in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league coach and former player. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Dragons, and the Adelaide Rams and has also been an assistant coach at the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle Knights.[2]

Kurt Wrigley
Personal information
Born (1969-09-13) 13 September 1969
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
PositionFullback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–94 Cronulla Sharks 21 3 3 0 18
1995 St. George Dragons 5 0 3 0 6
1997 Adelaide Rams 15 5 30 1 81
Total 41 8 36 1 105
Source: [1]

Retirement

After his retirement at the end of 1997, Wrigley went on to become a qualified coach, serving as an assistant coach for the Adelaide Rams. He then moved to the Cronulla Sharks and worked in coaching and development, coaching the Matthew's Cup side to a premiership in 2000. Following that, he took a role as NRL Assistant Coach with St. George Illawarra Dragons from 2004 - 2008. He then spent a year as Chief Executive of Oztag Australia.[3]

He worked as an NRL assistant coach with South Sydney Rabbitohs between 2010 and 2016.[4] In 2015, he was named as the Queensland under-20s State of Origin coach.[5]

In 2017, Wrigley joined the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach,[6] before leaving for other opportunities outside of rugby league in 2018.[7]

Kurt is now a facilitator at Leading Teams.

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary
GamesTriesGoalsF/GPoints
418361105

Matches played
TeamMatchesYears
Cronulla Sharks211992–1994
St. George Dragons51995
Adelaide Rams151997

References
  1. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Kurt Wrigley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.ISBN 1875169571
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) article: Fresh start for Brown. URL retrieved 28 January 2009.
  4. "Souths out to repay sacked coaches". ESPN.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. "Kurt Wrigley Appointed QLD Under 20s Coach". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. Media, NRL Digital. "Knights Football Department update". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. Media, NRL Digital. "Knights recruit new assistant coach". Retrieved 6 October 2017.


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