Justin Holbrook
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| Born | 13 January 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justin Holbrook (born 13 January 1976) is the head coach of St Helens in the Super League and an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played in the 1990s and 2000s for the Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers and the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, as a goal-kicking halfback.[1]
Playing career
Holbrook commenced his National Rugby League career with the Newcastle Knights in 1999 under coach Warren Ryan. He spent the 2001 NRL season with the Penrith Panthers under coach Royce Simmons. For the 2002 NRL season Holbrook played for the Sydney Roosters under coach Ricky Stuart. That year he played for the Roosters in the first ever ANZAC Day Cup match, kicking a goal. 2002 would be Holbrook's last season at the top level.
Coaching career
Holbrook turned to coaching after retiring from playing. He worked on the coaching staff of the Canterbury Bulldogs, St George Illawarra and Parramatta before joining the Sydney Roosters as right hand man to Trent Robinson.[3] Holbrook also coached at representative level for Australia (under-21).[2] He was appointed to replace Keiron Cunningham as head coach of English Super League club St. Helens on a three-year contract in May 2017.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Justin Holbrook appointed St Helens head coach to replace Keiron Cunningham at Totally Wicked Stadium". dailymail.co.uk. Associated Newspapers Ltd. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ↑ Bower, Aaron (4 May 2017). "St Helens make shock call and turn to Justin Holbrook to boost season". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 May 2017.