Steve Anderson (rugby coach)
| Full name | Steve Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Springsure. Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Griffith University Murdoch University |
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| Position(s) | Rugby league positions#The Centre/Five-Eight | ||
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| Youth Career | |||
| – | Emerald Tigers | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1980-82 1983 1984 1984-85 1986-87 1988-89 |
Emerald Tigers Fitzroy Sharks Surfersparadise Sharks Past Brothers Beaudesert Kingfishers Milton Keynes |
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1985-87 | Gold Coast Vikings | () | |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1988-89 1989-92 1992-94 1995-97 1997–2000 2001-2 2007-8 2008-9 |
Milton Keynes (Player-Head Coach) Queensland RL (Development Officer) Tweed Heads Seagulls (Asst. Coach) Western Reds (Development Officer) Melbourne Storm (Asst. Coach) Warrington Wolves Central Comets Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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| Years | Team | ||
| 2002-3 2003-5 2005-7 2011-13 2013-present |
Glasgow Warriors (Defence coach) SRU (High Performance Manager) IRFU (High Performance Manager) Central Queensland RU Central Queensland RU (Director) |
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Steve Anderson (born 1963 in Springsure, Queensland, Australia) is a former Assistant Coach of Glasgow Rugby, now known as the Glasgow Warriors; a former rugby league coach of various clubs; a former High Performance Manager of the Scottish and Irish Rugby Unions; and the current director of the Central Queensland Rugby Union.
Anderson was a rugby league player. Starting his career in the Queensland Rugby League Central Division he initially played in the Central Highlands Rugby League. He started with the Emerald Tigers, first in their Junior teams from 1976 to 1979 then progressed to their Senior teams from 1980 to 1982.
Staying in the Queensland Central Division he then moved to the Fitzroy Sharks, staying there from January to August 1983. The Sharks played in the Rockhampton and District league.
He then moved to the south-east Queensland Division known as the South East Poinsettias. He played in the Gold Coast Rugby League turning out for Surfersparadise Sharks in 1984. Moving to the Brisbane league he played for the Past Brothers between 1984 and 1985. and Southern Suburbs in 1988 and 89 seasons.
He represented Gold Coast Vikings, then a provincial side, between 1985 and 1987.
He moved to England where he played for another amateur side Milton Keynes. This was a move to get into coaching as he was player-coach for the team.
Anderson moved back to Australia, becoming a development officer for Queensland Rugby League between 1989 and 1992. From there he got an assistant coach job at Tweed Heads Seagulls, a New South Wales side playing in the Queensland Cup. He was there from 1992 to 1994. He then moved to the Western Reds as Development Officer (1995–97) and from there become the assistant coach at Melbourne Storm (1997–2000). During this period Anderson also was assistant coach with Australia Kangaroos and the World Cup team 2000.
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