| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Dean Gordon Clark | |||||
| Born | 6 January 1968 New Zealand |
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Stand-off | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Otahuhu Leopards | ||||||
| 1988 | Eastern Suburbs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1991–1994 | Hull KR | |||||
| 1995–1996 | Counties Manukau | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 1996 | Leeds Rhinos | |||||
| Total | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–1997 | Auckland | |||||
| 1989–1992 | New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1990–1997 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2006 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Dean Clark (born 6 January 1968) is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former footballer who represented his country between 1989 and 1992.
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Playing career [edit]
An Otahuhu Leopards junior, Clark joined the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1988 playing in seven matches.
Clark then traveled to England, joining Hull KR in the English competition.[1]
Clark returned to New Zealand in 1995, playing for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup.[2]
Clark played with the Leeds Rhinos in 1996.[3]
Clark then moved to the Mangere East Hawks, where he played in the 1998 Fox Memorial grand final.[4]
In 1999 Clark joined the Otahuhu Leopards and represented Auckland South.[5]
Representative career [edit]
An Auckland representative, Clark played for the Kiwis seven times between 1989 and 1992. He was a trialist in 1993 but did not make the final Kiwis side.
Clark represented the New Zealand Māori in 1990, 1995 and at the 1997 Oceania Cup.[6]
Clark played for the New Zealand Residents in 1990, 1992 and 1995.
Coaching career [edit]
In the 2000 Bartercard Cup Clark was the player-coach of the Otahuhu Leopards, his first coaching role.[7] The Leopards made the grand final, losing 24-38 to the Canterbury Bulls.
Clark coached the Tamaki Titans between 2006 and 2007 in the Bartercard Cup. He was the coach of the New Zealand Māori in 2006.[8]
He coached the Papakura Sea Eagles to seventh in 2010 and again in 2011.[9]
References [edit]
- ^ Wigan punish heroic Hull The Independent, 10 March 1993
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.p.90-92
- ^ Club-by-Club guide to the Super League The Independent, 13 March 1997
- ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.126
- ^ Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.179
- ^ Formidable look to Leopards The Press, 26 July 2000
- ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 335. ISBN 1-86969-331-0, 9781869693312 Check
|isbn=value (help). - ^ Papakura Sea Eagles Contact Information Auckland Rugby League, 2010
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