Michael Potter
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Personal information
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| Full name | Michael Potter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Potts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 September 1963 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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Michael "Mick" Potter (born 24 September 1963 in Parramatta, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who currently works as an assistant coach at the Newcastle Knights. He was previously head coach of Super League clubs, Catalans Dragons, St. Helens, Bradford Bulls, and National Rugby League club Wests Tigers. As a player he was a New South Wales State of Origin representative fullback, playing his club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 1984 and 1985 premierships), St George Dragons (whom he captained, and won the 1991 Dally M Medal with) and Western Reds.
Bulldogs
Canterbury signed Potter while he was still a student at St. Gregory's, Campbelltown. He made his first grade debut in the round 18 match of 1983 against Eastern Suburbs coming in for the injured Neil Baker. Interestingly there were 3 referees used in this match when the appointed referee, Mick Stone was injured. He was replaced by the reserve grade referee, Lionel Green, who subsequently was replaced by the Third Grade referee Paul Miller. This was Potter's only game of first grade in 1983. In only his second year of first-grade, Potter became the first fullback to win the Dally M Player of the Year award. He is a member of Canterburys' 1984 Premiership winning team in their 6-4 win over Parramatta. A second premiership followed when Canterbury defeated St. George, 7-6 in the 1985 Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Potter broke his leg in 1986 and struggled to regain his form at Canterbury.
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