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 1 March 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs as a halfback.[2] He had also previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons as well as in England for Gateshead, Widnes and Wigan.
Background[]
Willie Peters was born in Sydney, Australia.
Playing 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. Peters than became an NRL Assistant coach under Wayne Bennett at the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2019,[5][6] before linking with the Newcastle Knights in 2020.
References[]
- ^ "Willie Peters - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ Suckling, Laura (9 October 2013). "NRL training for teens".
- ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/souths-great-says-rabbitohs-halfback-adam-reynolds-can-go-far-in-rugby-league/news-story/c17bfc48be7cd4d613bdc957e007c370[bare URL]
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- 1979 births
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Living people
- Newcastle Thunder players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- St. George Illawarra Dragons players
- Widnes Vikings players
- Wigan Warriors players