Robert Finch (rugby league)

Robert Finch (born 1956) is an Australian former rugby league player of the 1970s.

A dual premiership winner with the St George Dragons, Robert Finch played seven seasons with the Dragons between 1974-1980, including the 1977 and 1979 premiership victories. He started out as an Australian schoolboy representative on the 1972-73 tour of England. He also won the Under-23 Grand Final with St George Dragons in his debut season. After his first grade career was over, he moved to Newcastle in 1981 and represented Country Firsts that year, before moving onto coaching with Newcastle Knights in the lower grades and an administrative career with Super League and Canberra Raiders. In later years, he became to referees coordinator with the NRL.^[1][2]

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