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| Full name | Tony Edwin Benson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1965-12-22)22 December 1965 (age 59) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tony Benson (born 22 December 1965) is arugby league coach fromNew Zealand.
Benson coachedBartercard Cup teamHibiscus Coast Raiders from 2001 to 2005, as well as theJunior Kiwis team from 2003 to 2005.[1]
Moving to Britain in September 2005, Benson took charge ofLeigh Centurions.[2] Leigh's relegation fromSuper League had been all but confirmed at the time of his appointment and he knew his task would be to lead the club back to the top. He replacedDarren Abram, who left the club in September 2005. In his only season in charge, Benson led the Centurions to cup glory, in the victory overHull Kingston Rovers in theNorthern Rail Cup final.
Benson parted company with Leigh after the club's defeat byBatley Bulldogs in the 2006National League One playoffs. Following the announcement, a number of Leigh's coaching staff and management left the club, resigning to show solidarity with Benson.
In 2007, Benson coached the Ireland A squad in the four nations championship.[3] He also led theIrish Wolfhounds on a tour of New Zealand.[4]
He was appointed head coach of theLondon Skolars in December 2007 to replaceLatham Tawhai, who left to become the understudy coach at neighboursHarlequins RL. Benson left his job at London Skolars at the end of the season due to the inconvenience of travelling from his home inLeigh, Greater Manchester.[5]
In 2009 he was appointed head coach ofOldham R.L.F.C. in the BritishRugby League National Championship 1.[1]
When he left Oldham, Benson became the first coach of new sideOxford Rugby League. He left the club after two seasons. Benson subsequently took up a post withBelgium Rugby League as Sport Director.[6] Benson then decided to give up the professional side of the game to set up a coaching business coaching the amateur side of the game. He took on the Crosfields first team job, Manchester Met University RL and Leigh Miners U13s, while still coaching Belgium. He coached each team for 2 years and in his second season he won every title available losing only 3 games in a season across all 4 teams.
He was appointed as the coach of theKiwi Ferns in March 2017 where they competed at the2017 Rugby League World Cup and lost narrowly in the Grand Final after completing the pool games undefeated.[7]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Tommy Martyn 2005 | Coach Leigh Centurions 2005–2006 | Succeeded by Darren Shaw 2006–2008 |
| Preceded by Latham Tawhai 2005-2007 | Coach London Skolars 2007-2008 | Succeeded by Jermaine Coleman 2009 |
| Preceded by Steve Deakin 2007–2008 | Coach Oldham RLFC 2008–2012 | Succeeded by Scott Naylor 2013–2019 |
| Preceded by Eric Delreux 2009–2015 | Coach Belgium 2015–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Coach Kiwi Ferns 2017–2018 | Succeeded by Justin Morgan 2018–2020 |
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