Tas Baitieri

Tas Baitieri is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Penrith Panthers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in Australia and Paris Châtillon XIII in France. He also later went on to coach the French national side after his retirement as an active player.

Tas Baitieri
Personal information
Born (1958-09-17) 17 September 1958
Australia
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1978–81 Penrith Panthers
1982–83 Canterbury-Bankstown 44 1 0 0 3
Paris Châtillon XIII
Total 44 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1986 France 1 0 1 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing in the forwards, Batieri spent eight seasons with Penrith and three with the Bulldogs before moving to France and playing and coaching there.

He was also the chief executive of the short-lived French Super League club, Paris Saint-Germain.[2]

Several years later, Baitieri returned to Australia and coached and player-coached the Cumberland College of Health Sciences (now a faculty of the University of Sydney) Rugby League team in the NSW University Rugby League Competition. The Cumberland side won the 1991 2nd division grandfinal (defeating the University of Newcastle) in their first season under Baitieri and the side was subsequently elevated to the first division where the "Cumbo Cunnies" finished grand finalists in their first season in the top division. At the end of season 1991, The Cumberland Rugby League Club announced that the Best & Fairest player award would be renamed and called the Tas Baitieri shield in recognition of the efforts and leadership by Baitieri toward his young charges and the esteem in which he was held by players.

He is also a development officer for the Rugby League International Federation.

He is the father of the rugby league footballer; Jason Baitieri.[3]

References
  1. Tas Baitieri rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. Hadfield, Dave (29 March 1996). "Chamorin has heart to stir Paris romance". The Independent. UK: independent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  3. Lewis, Daniel (3 May 2010). "Family affair has a French connection". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 3 May 2010.


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