Kurt Wrigley (born 13 September 1969) is an

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coach and former player. He played for the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

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and the

Adelaide Rams The Adelaide Rams was an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team was formed in 1995 for the planned rebel Super League competition. The Rams lasted two seasons, the first in the Super Lea ...

and has also been an assistant coach at the

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...

and

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...

Playing career

Wrigley made his first grade debut for Cronulla in round 2 of the

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against

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. Wrigley played a total of 21 first grade games for Cronulla before he signed a contract to join rivals

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. Wrigley only made five appearances for St. George in the

1995 ARL season The 1995 ARL premiership was the 88th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby League following the hand-over of the Premiership's administration by the New South Wales Rugby Lea ...

. In 1997, Wrigley joined the newly admitted Adelaide side and played in their first ever game in round 1 against

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Retirement

After his retirement at the end of 1997, Wrigley went on to become a qualified

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, serving as an assistant coach for the Adelaide Rams. He then moved to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and worked in coaching and development, coaching the Matthew's Cup side to a premiership in 2000. Following that, he took a role as NRL Assistant Coach with

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

from 2004 to 2008. He then spent a year as Chief Executive of Oztag Australia. He worked as an NRL assistant coach with South Sydney Rabbitohs between 2010 and 2016. In 2015, he was named as the Queensland under-20s State of Origin coach. In 2017, Wrigley joined the

as an assistant coach, before leaving for other opportunities outside of rugby league in 2018. Wrigley is now a facilitator at Leading Teams.

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary

Matches played

References

External links

Kurt Wrigley's profile
on the Leading Teams website 1969 births Living people Australian rugby league players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Rugby league fullbacks Adelaide Rams players Rugby league five-eighths St. George Dragons players Rugby league players from Toowoomba 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1960s-stub