Matt Parish
Matt Parish is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Samoa national rugby league team.
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| Full name | Matthew Parish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Parish played in 78 first-grade matches for the Balmain Tigers between 1988 and 1993. He was tough, durable utility player who was well respected throughout the club before injuries in 1993 restricted him to just 5 games In 1994 & 95 Parish began his successful Coaching Career by Captain Coaching battlers Gosford Townies to semi Finals before doing the same with Macquarie Scorpions in the 1996 Newcastle competition. In 1997 he moved to the Then Entrance Tigers where he had immediate success and continued to Coach there until 2006 before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys
Coaching career
He moved into coaching, and served as assistant coach of the North Queensland Cowboys and the New South Wales State of Origin team.[2]
He was appointed as the head coach of English Super League club the Salford City Reds in July 2011. He coached the side for six matches, winning one, before resigning in November 2011, citing "personal reasons".[3][4] The Manchester Evening News reported that he had fallen out with the club's administration, having been critical of a number of aspects of the club's management.[5] Shortly after leaving Salford, he returned to Australia and was appointed an assistant coach of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, then the reigning National Rugby League premiers.[6]
In 2013, he was appointed as head coach of Samoa.[7]
He coached the Samoans to a quarter-final appearance in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Earlier in the tournament Samoa faced New Zealand. The Samoans were down 36-4 in the second half, until the Samoans gave 'the Kiwis' a scare scoring 20 consecutive points, getting to within 13 points of the lead with 15 minutes to go in the match. However, the 'Kiwis' scored one more try to seal the match. The Samoans won their next two games against the Kumuls and the French, to secure their spot in the quarterfinal where they took on Pacific rivals Fiji. They lost, 22-4, ending their World Cup campaign.
Samoa record
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | Win Ratio (%) |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 |
 France |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Fiji |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
 England |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 |
 New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 00.00 |
 Papua New Guinea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Scotland |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00 |
 Tonga |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 |
| TOTAL | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 31.25 |
| Four Nations record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | D | ||
| Australia/New Zealand 2014 | Fourth place | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | D | ||
| England/Wales 2013 | Quarter-Final | 5/14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea 2017 | Quarter-Final | 8/14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Pacific tests | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | D | ||
| 2014 | Winners | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 Polynesian Cup | Winners | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 Polynesian Cup | Winners | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 Titles | 3/3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Other Test matches | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | D | ||
| 2016 | Second Place | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Second Place | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 Wins | 0/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
References
- Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Matt Parish - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- Proszenko, Adrian (5 June 2011). "Mates help Parish score a pact with the Devils". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- Hadfield, Dave (18 November 2011). "Parish perishes at Reds after less than six months". The Independent. London. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- "Parish quits Reds role". Sky Sports. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- Barker, Neil (18 November 2011). "Parish's strained Salford Reds reign always destined for a Matt finish". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- Trodden, Matt (25 November 2011). "Sea Eagles Add to Coaching Staff". www.mwse.com.au. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- Sky Sports http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/15321/8814472/matt-parish-appointed-as-head-coach-of-samoa-for-the-world-cup. Missing or empty
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