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Born | 26 August 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Griffin is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and current head coach of the Penrith Panthers of the National Rugby League. He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership during the 1980s before taking up coaching. After success in the Queensland Cup and Toyota Cup competitions, Griffin replaced Ivan Henjak as head coach of the Brisbane Broncos from 2011 to 2014.
Griffin played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Brothers from 1985 to 1987. He then played for Brothers in Rockhampton from 1988 to 1992.
Griffin coached the colts teams for Redcliffe (1995–97), winning the premiership in 1997. The following year he moved to Brisbane Norths, taking them to the colts premiership in his first year there, and also coaching the Queensland under 17s representative team in 1998. After another colts premiership with Norths in 2000, Griffin joined the coaching staff of the NRL's Melbourne Storm and was Chris Anderson's then Mark Murray's assistant in 2001 and 2002. Returning to Queensland, he coached the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup from 2003 to 2004. He then joined the Redcliffe Dolphins, coaching them from 2005 to 2007 and winning the competition with them in 2006. He also coached the Queensland Residents side in 2007.