Patrick Weisner (born 17 March 1982) is a professional

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and a former professional

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who played for

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at international level.

Background

Weisner was born in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

, Australia.

Playing career

A junior for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

, Weisner played in their 2000

Jersey Flegg Cup The Jersey Flegg Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales, Australia, contested among teams made up of players aged 21 or under. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), and is named ...

team alongside

Braith Anasta Braith Anastasakis (born 14 January 1982), better known as Braith Anasta, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia national rugby league team, Australian and Greece ...

and

Roy Asotasi Roy Asotasi (born 6 January 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s. A New Zealand international captain, he also played for Samoa. Asotasi played in the NRL for Australian clubs Canterbury ...

. He was a part of three consecutive Grand Final wins for The Bulldogs in 1999, 2000 and 2001 in Jersey Flegg Cup and NSW Cup competitions. In England, Weisner played for the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

, Halifax, Harlequins RL,

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club play home games at Craven Park (Barrow), Craven Park and compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rug ...

and

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

. In 2005 he was named in The Championships dream team of the year as Loose forward. In 2005 he was Halifax's youngest ever captain. He also represented

, kicking 3 drop goals on début vs Wales in a Man of the Match performance. He played in three matches at the

2004 European Nations Cup Under the same format as the 2003 European Nations Cup, six nations participated in two groups of three, each playing a total of two games. England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom ...

including the European Nations Cup Final vs England at Warrington. Weisner later played for the

Blacktown Workers The Blacktown Workers Rugby League Football Club, formerly known as Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, are an Australian rugby league football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales formed in 1962. From 2017 until 2024, they had a side in the NSW C ...

, captaining their

Ron Massey Cup The Ron Massey Cup (formerly known as the Bundaberg Red Cup and Jim Beam Cup) is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and the ...

side.

Coaching career

In 2015 Weisner was appointed as the Blacktown Workers's football director and co-coach of the

side. The club entered a team into the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW in partnership with the

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Manly club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League sea ...

, and Weisner was appointed as coach. In 2018 he was appointed Head Coach of the Asquith Magpies Ron Massey Cup team. On 27 October 2018 he coached

Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ...

in their 32–36 defeat to

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staged in

a week after guiding NIUE to the Emerging Nations World Cup Final. In 2021 he was appointed assistant coach and head of recruitment at the

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in Cammeray on Sydney's North Shore (Sydney), North Shore. The club currently competes in the NSW Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL s ...

NSW Cup team. In November 2023 after Jason Taylor left to become assistant head coach at Canterbury, Weisner was appointed as the new head coach at the North Sydney Club. On 22 August 2024, Weisner was deregistered by the NSWRL until 1 January 2026. After Weisner's ban ends he would then need to re-apply for his coaching registration.

Background

Playing career

Coaching career

References

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