David Furner was born on 6 February 1971 and is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who was the head coach of the Leeds Rhinos, and a former player.
18 Facts About David Furner
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David Furner is an assistant coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL, and the former head coach of the Canberra Raiders with whom he spent his whole Australian playing career.
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Son of former Eastern Suburbs and Canberra Raiders coach and Australian Kangaroos footballer, and coach, Don Furner, David Furner was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales on 6 February 1971.
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David Furner switched to rugby league in 1991 when he joined the Canberra Raiders.
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David Furner made his first-grade debut in round 2 of the 1992 season against Manly-Warringah.
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David Furner was part of the 1994 Canberra Raiders premiership team, winning the Clive Churchill Medal for Man of the Match.
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When David Furner left Canberra at the end of the 2000 season, he had surpassed Bernie Purcell's record as the highest point-scoring forward in the game with 1218 points.
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David Furner played for the Wigan Warriors at second-row and kicked a goal in their 2001 Super League Grand Final loss to the Bradford Bulls.
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On his return to Australia from England, David Furner took on a role as assistant-coach at the Canberra Raiders in 2006.
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In 2008, following Neil Henry's appointment as coach for the North Queensland Cowboys, David Furner was named as Canberra's coach for 2009.
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David Furner was criticised by fans for changing the dynamic attacking style that was present under his predecessor in 2008.
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Unfortunately though the team got off to almost the worst possible start, winning only 1 of its first 9 games with David Furner claiming the dubious honour of coaching the team to the most consecutive losses in its history, with 8 straight defeats between round 2 and round 9 of that year.
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David Furner found his position at the club under intense criticism from fans however his security was guaranteed by the club publicly.
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David Furner lost his position three rounds before the conclusion of the 2013 season.
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In November 2013, David Furner joined the North Queensland Cowboys as an assistant to head coach Paul Green.
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In 2017, after three seasons at the Cowboys, David Furner joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs as an assistant coach.
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In September 2019, it was announced that David Furner would be joining the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach in 2020, under new Knights head coach Adam O'Brien.
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In October 2020, David Furner moved to the Bulldogs as an assistant coach to newly-appointed head coach Trent Barrett.