Kevin Moore (rugby league)

Kevin Moore (born 30 November 1965) is an Australian former rugby league football coach and player.

Kevin Moore
Personal information
Born (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58)
Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1984–86 Halifax
1989–94 Canterbury Bulldogs 37 7 0 0 28
Total 37 7 0 0 28
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2009–11 Canterbury Bulldogs 49 27 0 22 55
Source: [1]

Playing career

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As a player, he played as a scrum-half. He played for the Halifax team in the Championship (1984–1986). He then joined the Canterbury Bulldogs team in 1989, where he remained until 1994.

Coaching career

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Moore became the head coach for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NRL from the 2009 season and was named in place of Steve Folkes after his retirement.[2] He led the club to a second-place finish in 2009 and guided them all the way to the preliminary final before they were defeated by arch rivals the Parramatta Eels in front of a record non-grand final crowd of 74,549. Canterbury had gone into the game as favorites despite Parramatta's dream run at the back end of the season.[3]

Moore was sacked midway through the 2011 season after the club underachieved in the ensuing two years, failing to make the finals in either 2010 or 2011.[4]

Personal life

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He is the son of Peter "Bullfrog" Moore. He is also brother-in-law to his predecessor, former Bulldogs coach Steve Folkes.

References

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  1. ^ "Kevin Moore – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
  3. ^ "Eels thunder into grand final". Australia: ABC News. 25 September 2009.
  4. ^ Sacking of coach Kevin Moore means, The Herald Sun, 15 July 2011
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Steve Folkes
1998–2008
Coach
 
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

2009–2011
Succeeded by
Jim Dymock
(caretaker)
2011