Simon Woolford was born on 7 April 1975 and is an Australian professional rugby league coach who was most recently the head coach of the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, and a former professional rugby league footballer.
10 Facts About Simon Woolford
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Simon Woolford played in the NRL for the Canberra Raiders and the St George Illawarra Dragons, and represented Country in the City vs Country Origin match in 2002.
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Simon Woolford played for the Canberra Raiders and St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
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Simon Woolford made his first grade debut for Canberra on 29 May 1994 in round 11 of the season.
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Simon Woolford played for NSW Country in the City vs Country Origin match in 2002.
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In 2016, Simon Woolford began coaching the Newcastle Intrust Super Premiership NSW side and in 2017 took the club to the finals.
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On 29 April 2018 Simon Woolford was announced as the head coach of Huddersfield Giants in Super league on a two and half year deal.
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Simon Woolford took over form Chris Thorman, who had been in charge on an interim basis following the sacking of Rick Stone earlier in the season.
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At the start of the 2020 Super League season, it was announced that Simon Woolford would be departing Huddersfield at the end of the campaign.
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On 16 September 2020, Simon Woolford resigned from Huddersfield with immediate effect after a poor run of results.