Steve Georgallis is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Greece, an assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League, Head Coach of the Parramatta Eels Womens team, and former professional rugby league footballer.
15 Facts About Steve Georgallis
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In 2001, Steve Georgallis joined the Warrington Wolves for a season.
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Steve Georgallis is very strong, has good hands and is always busy on the field.
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In 2003, Steve Georgallis became the head coach of the Greece national rugby league team and the Western Suburbs Magpies SG Ball Cup team.
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In 2006, Steve Georgallis joined the Penrith Panthers as an assistant coach and head coach of their NSWRL Premier League feeder club, the St Marys Cougars.
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On 20 June 2011, it was announced that Steve Georgallis would take over as interim head coach of the Penrith Panthers following the resignation of Matthew Elliott.
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Steve Georgallis had won his first two games when it was announced that Phil Gould had chosen Ivan Cleary to be the Penrith coach from 2012 onwards.
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In 2012, Steve Georgallis joined his former club, the Wests Tigers, as an assistant coach.
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In 2014, Steve Georgallis joined the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles as an assistant coach, spending two years at the club.
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On 15 December 2016, Steve Georgallis was named as head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the 2017 season.
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Steve Georgallis led the side to a Top 4 finish and a finals appearance.
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In 2018, Steve Georgallis led Canterbury-Bankstown to Intrust Super Premiership and the NRL State Championship victories.
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On 14 July 2020, following Canterbury's Round 9 loss to the Brisbane Broncos, Steve Georgallis was named as the club's interim head coach for the remainder of the 2020 NRL season, following Dean Pay's resignation.
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On 30 October 2020, Steve Georgallis joined the North Queensland Cowboys as an assistant coach under head coach Todd Payten.
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Steve Georgallis coached Greece at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup where Greece were placed in the hardest group of the Minnows with semi finalists England and finalists Samoa in their pool, failing to win a match but playing valiantly against all especially the French who have played rugby league at the top level for over 70 years.