Kurt Wrigley

Kurt Wrigley (born 13 September 1969, in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league player. During a short, 5-year career, he played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Dragons and the Adelaide Rams.

Career

Wrigley, a goal kicking fullback or five-eighth, signed with Cronulla in 1992, playing 21 games in three seasons with the Sharks, including their Reserve Grade Grand Final win over Newcastle in 1994. After missing the 1995 season, he signed with St. George in 1995, but only managed five games for the famous club.

Wrigley then signed to play a new team, the Adelaide Rams, for the 1997 Super League season. In what would prove to be his last season of top grade football, Wrigley was the Rams top scorer in their inaugural year scoring 81 points from 5 tries, 30 goals and 1 field goal in 15 games. At the end of the 1997 season, Wrigley retired and was offered a position on the Adelaide Rams Coaching Staff.

Kurt Wrigley played 41 first grade games during his career, 21 for Cronulla, 5 for St. George and 15 for Adelaide. He scored 8 tries, 1 field goal and kicked 36 goals from 46 attempts (at 78.26%), totaling 105 points.

Retirement

After his retirement towards the end of 1997, Wrigley went on to become a qualified coach, serving as assistant coach for the Adelaide Rams. He then moved to the Cronulla Sharks and worked in Coaching and Development, coaching the Matthew's Cup 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.^[1] In 2010, he started as NRL Assistant coach with South Sydney Rabbitohs and currently holds that role. The highlight was the 2014 NRL premiership. In 2015, he was named Queensland under-20s Origin Coach.

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary

Matches played

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