Robin Peers
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Personal information
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18 January 1982 North Tyneside, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Peers (born 18 January 1982) is an English former professional rugby league player who is currently head coach of the Boston Thirteens in the USARL. He played 13 years for his only club Gateshead Thunder. He made his first grade début in 2002 as a winger and played there for most of his career, however his final season in 2012 was spent playing full back. Peers was a prominent part of the Gateshead Thunder team that were championship winners in 2008.
Robin grew up in Wallsend (North Tyneside) where he attended Richardson Dees First School, Western Middle School and Burnside Community High School. He played his junior rugby league for Newcastle Eagles (now Wallsend Eagles), signing for the club in 1992. Before taking up rugby league, Peers played football at junior level for the world famous Wallsend Boys Club.
During his childhood, he made numerous representative squads in Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Athletics.
Robin made 218 appearances in his 13 seasons with Gateshead Thunder which is currently a club record. He signed for the club in 1999 while still in high school and made his final appearance on 1 April 2012, scoring a 90m try in a 30-18 defeat versus Whitehaven. 3 days prior to this, Peers played in his testimonial game versus a North East Select XIII. He was awarded this in 2011 by the Rugby Football League for his services to his club and to the sport.
In 2009, Peers was part of the Gateshead Thunder side that finished 7th in the Co-operative Championship and runners-up in the Northern Rail 9s plate. He was also a part of their Challenge Cup run to the quarter finals where they were eventually knocked out by cup holders St Helens.
In 2008 he won a league championship as part of the Gateshead team that season. He made 15 appearances on the wing and scored 9 tries. He was on the field as the club clinched the league title on 17 August 2008 with a 22-14 win away at Workington Town.
Robin made his début for Gateshead in 2002 versus Oldham Roughyeds.
In 1999, he was part of the Gateshead Thunder Academy side that won the Academy Division 2 Championship.
In 2012, Peers was a nominee for the Northern Star Award at the Co-operative Championships Awards Dinner.
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