Wayne Bennett (rugby league footballer)
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Personal information | ||
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Full name | Wayne Bennett | |
Date of birth | January 1, 1950 | |
Position | Coach | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Brisbane Broncos | |
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (points) |
Warwick Toowoomba Brothers Ipswich Southern Suburbs |
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Representative teams | ||
1971-1973 | Queensland | 7 |
Professional clubs coached | ||
1976 1977-1979 1980-1982 1984-1985 1987 1988-present |
Ipswich Southern Suburbs Brothers Southern Suburbs Canberra Brisbane |
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Representative teams coached | ||
1986-1988 1998 1988 2001-2003 2004-2005 |
Queensland Queensland Australia Queensland Australia |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
Wayne Bennett (born January 1, 1950) is a rugby league football coach. He is the current coach of the Brisbane Broncos and a former coach of Australia (the Kangaroos).
He grew up in a working class family in Warwick, Queensland with an alcoholic father who deserted the family when he was eight years old, forcing Wayne to enter the workforce at an early age. Before becoming involved with Rugby League on a full-time basis, Bennett worked as a police officer. He remains an avowed non-drinker.
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[edit] Playing career
From 1970, Bennett played football for Warwick, Past Brothers (Brisbane), Ipswich and Souths Magpies (Brisbane). He was a talented winger who represented Queensland 7 times between 1971 and 1972, and played 2 tour matches for Australia on the 1971 tour of New Zealand.
[edit] Coaching career
Wayne Bennett has been one of the most successful coaches in Australian Rugby League history and has experienced success with the last three teams he has coached.
[edit] Early years
Bennett began coaching in Ipswich in 1976, before moving to Brothers and Souths. He took Souths to the 1984 grand final, which they lost to the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls. Revenge was to come a year later when the Bennett-coached Magpies defeated the Seagulls 10-8 to take the premiership.
[edit] Canberra
In 1987 Bennett was appointed co-coach of the Canberra Raiders, guiding the side to the Grand Final which the team lost to Manly 18-8. In that year he also began a two year stint as coach for the Queensland State of Origin team. Queensland won the series in both 1987 and 1988. Bennett would again coach Queensland in 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003. His most controversial decision as Queensland coach was to recall Allan Langer to the Maroons from the English Super League for the deciding third game of the 2001 series, which Queensland won. Bennett remains involved in coaching for Queensland through the Queensland Academy of Sport and in an off-field role with the Queensland Rugby League.
[edit] Brisbane
He was appointed to be the first coach of the Brisbane Broncos in 1988 and, as of 2006, is still the only person to serve as first grade coach for the team. Under Bennett the Broncos have won premierships in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2006. The six premierships won by Brisbane have made Wayne Bennett the most successful coach in Grand Finals in history.
National coaching honours first came in 1998 when Bennett was appointed to replace Bob Fulton as Kangaroos coach. Australia was undefeated in two test matches against the Kiwis. Bennett is a passionate advocate of international Rugby League, and was instrumental in the revival of the Tri-Nations series in 2004. In that year he was again appointed to coach Australia, and took Australia to reclaim the Trans-Tasman Trophy (lost to New Zealand in 2003) and win the second Rugby League Tri-Nations Series.
On 9 December 2005, it was announced that Bennett had resigned as Australia's coach, after the Kangaroos equaled their biggest loss in the 98 years as they lost 24-0 to New Zealand in the Tri-Nations final, the first time they had lost an international series for 32 years.
On January 26 2004, he was made a Member (AM) in the General Division award in the 2004 Australia Day Honours list. Bennett received his award for service to Rugby League football, particularly as a coach, and to the community.
During the 2006 finals series, he became only the second person (after Tim Sheens) to coach 500 premiership games.
He is married to Trish Bennett and won a Queensland Father of the Year award for helping to raise two of his children with disabilities. He appeared on Australian Story on ABC TV to tell the story about his family life which was one of the most popular programs in the history of that show. With journalist Steve Crawley he wrote Don't Die with the Music in You which has become one of the best selling books about rugby league in Australia's history (ISBN 0-7333-1107-5, ABC Books Australia).
He becomes the most successful coach in Grand Final history winning six Grand Finals (1992, 1993, 1997*, 1998, 2000, 2006).
[edit] Coaching Awards
- 1997 Superleague Coach of the Year
- 2000 NRL Coach of the Year
[edit] Quotations
If you want to be mentally tough, do as Wayne Bennett says: follow your beliefs and don't give in to yourself. — Steve Waugh
Wayne is a man whose success is built on loyalty, discipline and an innate recognition of individual worth. — Lachlan Murdoch
Will I miss him? I miss coaching against them all. I will say that it is a shame that Wayne won't be there. With all due respect to Michael Hagan, Wayne Bennett and Queensland go hand in hand.
I enjoy coaching against quality coaches, and Wayne Bennett is that. I have really enjoyed coaching against Wayne for the last two years. — Phil Gould, New South Wales State of Origin coach
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Preceded by: Don Furner 1982-1986 |
Co-Coach (with Don Furner) Canberra Raiders 1987 |
Succeeded by: Tim Sheens 1988-1996 |
Preceded by: team created |
Coach Brisbane Broncos 1988-present |
Succeeded by: incumbent |
Preceded by: Des Morris 1985 |
Coach Queensland State of Origin 1986-1988 |
Succeeded by: Arthur Beetson 1989-1990 |
Preceded by: Paul Vautin 1995-1997 |
Coach Queensland State of Origin 1998 |
Succeeded by: Mark Murray 1999-2000 |
Preceded by: Mark Murray 1999-2000 |
Coach Queensland State of Origin 2001-2003 |
Succeeded by: Michael Hagan 2004-2005 |
Preceded by: competition created |
Coach Queensland Tri-Series (Super League) 1997 |
Succeeded by: competition abolished |
Preceded by: Bob Fulton 1989-1998 |
Coach Australia 1998 |
Succeeded by: Chris Anderson 1999-2003 |
Preceded by: Chris Anderson 1999-2003 |
Coach Australia 2004-2005 |
Succeeded by: Ricky Stuart 2006 |
Brisbane Broncos |
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Stadiums Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium | ANZ Stadium |
Captains Wally Lewis (1988-1989) | Gene Miles (1990-1991) | Allan Langer (1992-1999) Kevin Walters (1999-2000) | Gorden Tallis (2001-2004) | Darren Lockyer (2005-present) |
Coaches Wayne Bennett (1988-present) |