Bob Lindner

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Bob Lindner
Personal information
Nickname	Bustling
Born	(1962-11-10) 10 November 1962 Australia
Playing information
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1983–84	Souths (Brisbane)
1985–86	Wynnum Manly
1986–88	Castleford	19	9	0	0	36
1987–88	Parramatta Eels	28	10	0	0	40
1989	Gold Coast-Tweed	10	0	0	0	0
1990–92	Western Suburbs	39	8	0	0	32
1993	Illawarra Steelers	20	4	0	0	16
1993–94	Oldham	30	10	0	0	40
	Total	146	41	0	0	164
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1984–93	Queensland	25	7	0	0	28
1985–93	Australia	22	6	0	0	24
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1995–96	South Queensland Crushers	43	9	1	33	21
Source: RLP

Bob Lindner (born 10 November 1962) is a former Australian representative rugby league player and coach. He represented his country in the sport and is one of a handful of players to be man-of-the-match in State of Origin football more than once. Fifteen years after his retirement from football in Australia, he had made the most appearances and scored the most tries of any forward in State of Origin history.

BRL

Lindner played lock with South Brisbane Magpies (1983–84) and Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (1985–86). In 1986 Lindner was first selected for the Australian national team, the last player to do so from a non-NSWRL club. Representing Australia on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour, he played in all six Tests (Papua New Guinea, Great Britain and France).

NSWRL

Lindner played at Parramatta (as a much-anticipated replacement for Ray Price) and at the Gold Coast but both stays were short-lived.

Following a stint with Castleford in England, he played against New Zealand in 1987 and Great Britain in 1988.

A broken leg in a State of Origin match in 1989 ruled Lindner out of the New Zealand tour. However after joining a young Wests side, he was named man-of-the-match in the third match of the 1990 State of Origin series and at the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France.

Lindner suffered another broken leg injury in 1991 but made a great recovery before breaking the leg again while playing against New Zealand. 1992 saw him named man-of-the-match in the second game of the State of Origin series and during the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he helped Australia retain The Ashes, pushing his Test tally to 19, before playing in the World Cup final win.

Wests' salary cap problems saw him join his fourth premiership club, the Illawarra Steelers, in 1993 but after playing for Australia (against New Zealand) and Queensland (an emotional try-scoring performance in the Maroons' 24-12 win), he announced his intention to leave Australia and play abroad. Lindner's player agent, the successful Sydney businessman Michael Saad, received many offers and the following year Lindner would play in England.

England

For the 1993–94 Rugby Football League season, Lindner took over as captain-coach of Oldham^[1] following the departure of fellow Australian forward, Peter Tunks and successfully averted the team's relegation to Second Division.

South Queensland Crushers

Lindner then returned to Australia and linked with the short-lived South Queensland Crushers where he was originally recruited as a player but retired in order to replace Bill Gardner as club coach in 1995–96. He stood down as coach in 1997, the Crushers' final year in the Australian Rugby League premiership.

Later years

In the year 2000 Lindner was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league. In 2008, the year of centenary celebrations for the sport in Australia, he was named at lock in Queensland's rugby league team of the century. In June 2008, he was chosen in the Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century at lock-forward.^[2]

Lindner is currently part of the National Rugby League's judiciary panel.^[3]

References

↑ "OLDHAM RLFC INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION". Hall of Fame. Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
↑ Ricketts, Steve (2008-06-10). "Locky named No.1 but Wal's still King". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
↑ Zillman banned for four weeks for biting AAP, 19 August 2009

External links

1986 Kangaroo Tour squad

1990 Kangaroo Tour squad

v t e Australia squad – 1992 World Cup final winners (7th Title)

1 Tim Brasher 2 Willie Carne 3 Steve Renouf 4 Mal Meninga (c) 5 Michael Hancock 6 Brad Fittler 7 Allan Langer 8 Glenn Lazarus 9 Steve Walters 10 Mark Sargent 11 Paul Sironen 12 Bob Lindner 13 Bradley Clyde 14 Chris Johns 15 John Cartwright 16 David Gillespie 17 Kevin Walters Coach: Bob Fulton

v t e Inaugural South Queensland Crushers side

v Canberra Raiders, Suncorp Stadium, 11 March 1995

1. Anthony Herbert 2. St. John Ellis 3. Travis Norton 4. Nathan Turner 5. Wayne Simonds 6. Craig Weston 7. Craig Teevan 8. Mark Hohn 9. Ray Herring 10. Mario Fenech (c) 11. Trevor Gillmeister 12. Brett Horsnell 13. Scott Sattler 14. Anthony Bella 15. Jeff Wittenberg 16. Mike Ford Coach: Bob Lindner

v t e The Queensland Rugby League Team of the Century 1908–2007

1. Darren Lockyer 2. Cecil Aynsley 3. Tom Gorman 4. Mal Meninga 5. Denis Flannery 6. Wally Lewis (c) 7. Allan Langer 8. Duncan Hall 9. Noel Kelly 10. Peter Madsen 11. Arthur Beetson 12. Brian Davies 13. Bob Lindner 14. Jimmy Craig 15. Duncan Thompson 16. Gene Miles 17. Herb Steinohrt Coach: Wayne Bennett Manager: Dick Turner

Persondata
Name	Lindner, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	1962-11-10
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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