Willie Peters
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Full name | Willie Peters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 1 March 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 166cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Peters (born Sydney) is a former professional rugby league footballer halfback who played in the 1990s and 2000s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[2] He had also previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons as well as in England for Gateshead, Widnes and Wigan.
1 March 1979 inPlaying career
While playing for Souths in the 1990s, coach Craig Coleman declared that Peters could be the next Peter Sterling.[3] In 1999, Peters joined Gateshead before joining Wigan in 2000. Peters played for the Wigan Warriors at scrum half back in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens R.F.C..
In 2001, Peters joined St George playing with the club for 2 seasons before returning to Souths in 2003. Peters played his 2 final seasons in Australia with South Sydney as they finished with back to back wooden spoons. In 2004, Peters joined Widnes and played 1 season with the club before retiring.[4]
Post playing
In 2016, Peters became head coach of the Wests Tigers Holden Cup team. In 2017, Peters became the Assistant Coach at Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Following Manly's finals exit at the hands of the Penrith Panthers, Peters was involved in an altercation with Manly's high performance manager Dan Ferris at the Orient Hotel in The Rocks, New South Wales. Peters was later terminated by Manly over the incident. Peters currently is the NRL Assistant coach under Wayne Bennett at the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Willie Peters - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/former-souths-player-willie-peters-brings-elite-sport-skills-to-maroubra/news-story/231645a0f3c533e17f14cc8210ea68a1?sv=5e2408b038a7e215bfff7970da7dd3e4
- ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/souths-great-says-rabbitohs-halfback-adam-reynolds-can-go-far-in-rugby-league/news-story/c17bfc48be7cd4d613bdc957e007c370
- ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report - Willie Peters". www.ssralmanac.com.
- ^ "Sacked Manly coach Willie Peters joins Souths". Sporting News.
- ^ "Manly assistant coach Willie Peters sacked after pub fist fight". Fox Sports.