Lance Berkman

Dean Lance (born 4 April, 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach, and current football manager at the North Queensland Cowboys of the NRL. He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in the 1980s for the Newtown and Canberra clubs, captaining the Raiders for almost 5 years and winning two premierships with them. After playing he coached Super League clubs in Australia (Western Reds and Adelaide Rams) and in England (Leeds Rhinos).

Playing career

A centre/five-eighth hailing from Narrabri, New South Wales, Lance played representative rugby league for Newcastle in their comprehensive 29-0 victory over France in 1977 before playing in the NSWRFL. He started playing first grade in the Sydney premiership in 1982 for the Newtown Jets, eventually moving to the back row, but at the end of the following year the club exited the competition. Lance moved to the Canberra Raiders and was named captain of the club in his second year there. He played in his first Grand Final for the Raiders in 1987 and in 1989 the captaincy of the club was handed over to Mal Meninga. That year Lance played in his second grand final, this time winning the premiership. The following year was to be his last with Canberra, but he went out on a high note, with a second consecutive premiership victory.

Coaching career

Lance's coaching career began as reserve grade coach at Canberra in 1992, later being promoted to assistant coach. He took over from Peter Mulholland at the Perth Reds in the 1997 Super League season. The club was shut down at the end of that season so he signed as coach of the Adelaide Rams in the first year of the National Rugby League competition following Rod Reddy's dismissal. That was to be the final season for the Adelaide club as well, so again Lance was left without a team to coach. He moved to England and became coach of the Leeds Rhinos club in the European Super League, succeeding fellow Australian Graham Murray. He served there for three seasons, achieving mixed results and having a less than perfect relationship with the club. Just four matches into the 2001 season, Lance parted from the Rhinos "by mutual consent".

After returning to Australia, Lance took on a football manager's role at the Melbourne Storm club, working with coach and former Canberra teammate, Craig Bellamy. Following the Storm's premiership victory in 2007, Lance moved to the North Queensland Cowboys club, also as football manager.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gary Lester (editor) (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983 . Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing . pp. page 56. ISBN 0909558833.  
2. ^ "Dean Lance". www.yesterdayshero.com.au . http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Dean-Lance_4726.aspx . Retrieved 2008-10-15 .  
3. ^ "Dean Lance appointed Rhinos' coach". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1999-05-20 . http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/news/1999/05/20/lance_rhinos/ . Retrieved 2008-10-15 .  
4. ^ Hadfield, Dave (2001-04-09). "Lance leaves Leeds 'by mutual consent'". The Independent (London) . http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/lance-leaves-leeds-by-mutual-consent-680813.html . Retrieved 2008-10-15 .  
5. ^ Gould, Dean (2007-10-19). "Cowboys recruit Dean Lance". goldcoast.com.au . http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/10/19/3934_gold-coast-sport.html . Retrieved 2008-10-15 .  

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