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]

In 2010, he started as an NRL assistant coach with South Sydney Rabbitohs. In 2015, he was named as the Queensland under-20s State of Origin coach.

In 2017, Wrigley joined the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach,[4] before leaving for other opportunities outside of rugby league in 2018.[5]

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. Media, NRL Digital. "Knights Football Department update". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. Media, NRL Digital. "Knights recruit new assistant coach". Retrieved 6 October 2017.


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