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3 June 1969 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Pay (born 3 June 1969) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. Pay played in the late 1980s and 1990s with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels. He was an Australia national rugby league team and State of Origin representative for the NSW Blues. Widely regarded as "one of the greats," he was instrumental in the Bulldogs' success during the early 1990s, Pay was a skillful ball-playing forward and an especially strong defender.
Playing career
Born in Dubbo, New South Wales on 3 June 1969, Pay’s junior club was St Johns JRL. Pay was first selected to play for the New South Wales Blues in Game 2 of the 1994 State of Origin series at second-row forward, retaining his spot for Game 3. At the end of the 1994 NSWRL season Pay played at second-row forward for the Bulldogs in their Grand Final loss to the Canberra Raiders. He was then selected to go on the 1994 Kangaroo tour. In a career-defining moment during the 1995 ARL season's semi-finals campaign, Pay broke the ribs of star Brisbane forward Glenn Lazarus in the opening moments of the match, greatly hindering the Broncos in their Premiership ambitions. After winning the 1995 ARL Premiership with the Super League-aligned Bulldogs, the club lost Pay, along with other key players, Jim Dymock, Jason Smith and Jarrod McCracken, to the ARL-loyal Parramatta Eels. He was appointed the club's captain for the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Pay was selected to play for Australia from the interchange bench in the 1998 Anzac Test.
Coaching career
Pay launched his coaching career in 2007, at the helm of Dubbo CYMS who went on to claim the Group XI premiership title. Pay coached CYMS again in 2008 before being named as the Catalans Dragons' new assistant coach in 2009 under Kevin Walters. In 2010, Pay started coaching the Melbourne Storm's under-20 side in the NYC competition.[2] A year later, Pay was named as the coach of New South Wales in the inaugural under-20s State of Origin match.[3] During 2012 Pay signed as Parammatta Eels assistant coach for the 2013 NRL season under incoming head coach Ricky Stuart. In 2014, Pay coached the NSW Under-20s to their third consecutive victory.
In September 2017, Pay signed a two-year deal as Head Coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
References
- ↑ rugbyleagueproject.com
- ↑ "Dragons name new assistant boss". BBC. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ↑ Adrian Proszenko (18 March 2012). "Henson Park proves happy landing ground for cast-offs". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2012.