Arthur Kitinas
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 29 November 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Kitinas (born 29 November 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and coached in the 2000s. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
A hooker, Kitinas came through the lower grades at Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club playing in just 1 top grade match in 1977 before joining the South Sydney Rabbitohs the following season. The established hookers at the South Sydney club, Test player George Piggins along with Ken Stewart, saw the promising young Kitinas play very little first grade at that club either.
Kitinas spent time as an assistant coach at South Sydney before an unsuccessful stint in the main job in 2004, as a replacement for Paul Langmack.[3]
Kitinas joined the Wests Tigers coaching team in 2006 and currently coaches the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Premier League team. In 2006 and 2007 he also coached of the Fiji national rugby league team.[4] Kitinas now coaches the South Sydney Rabbitohs SG Ball team
References[]
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ RLP
- ^ "One game at a time". The Sydney Morning herald. 14 June 2004.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN FIJIANS READY FOR HISTORIC TOUR OF ENGLAND". Australian Fijian Rugby league. August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Fiji
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Australian rugby league players
- Fiji national rugby league team coaches
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- Sydney Roosters players
- Australian rugby league biography, 1950s birth stubs