David Waite was born on 30 May 1951 and is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach.
12 Facts About David Waite
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David Waite has coached Great Britain in the Rugby League Tri-Nations.
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David Waite was a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs junior and played with their President's Cup team in 1969.
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David Waite spent two seasons with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 1974 and 1975.
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David Waite was a Country and New South Wales representative in 1973 before being selected for international representation as a winger in 1973.
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David Waite played in two Tests of the Ashes tour of Great Britain and two Tests against France.
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David Waite scored three tries in the Kangaroos versus Rest of The World match in early 1974 but broke his jaw that season and missed the early representative games.
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David Waite is named in the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No 447.
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David Waite joined St George in 1996 and went on to guide them to the 1996 Grand Final against great odds and again coached St George to the 1999 Grand Final.
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David Waite was reportedly offered the job of New Zealand coach in 2000 but instead moved to Britain to work as a coaching co-ordinator in 2000 for the Rugby Football League.
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David Waite returned to Australia at the end of the 2006 season.
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In 1995 David Waite coached South Australia in the National Championship.