Willie Peters
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| Born |
1 March 1979 Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 in Sydney) is a former Halfback/Scrum-half who played for South Sydney Rabbitohs [2]. While playing for Souths, coach Craig Coleman declared that Peters could be the next Peter Sterling[3]. He has also played for the St George Illawarra Dragons as well as in England for the Widnes Vikings. Because of his Greek background, he was eligible to represent the Greece national In 2016 Willie is the Weststigers NYC coachsupport staff.
Peters played for the Wigan Warriors at scrum half back in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens R.F.C..
On 15 September 2017, it was revealed by Fox Sports that Peters had been terminated as Manly's assistant coach after an altercation with The NRL clubs high performance director Dan Ferris at a local pub.[4]
References
- ↑ Statistics at 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
- ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/sea-eagles/nrl-2017-manly-assistant-coach-willie-peters-sacked-after-pub-fist-fight/news-story/71b0338a6c937a9f245d243e3c4ed0a2