Tony Rea
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Personal information
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25 July 1966 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
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Playing information
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Coaching information
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Tony Rea (born 25 July 1966 in Bundaberg, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and the current head coach for Super League club, London Broncos. A former rugby league hooker, he played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League for Brothers, in the New South Wales Rugby League as captain of the North Sydney Bears, and in Europe's Super League for the London Broncos, later becoming their coach. Rea also briefly coached Super Rugby team, the Brumbies before returning to London to coach the Broncos.
Rea was born on 25 July 1966 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. He began his playing career in 1984 in the local Brisbane competition at the Brothers club.
In 1988, he was snapped up to play in the premier NSWRL competition by North Sydney Bears, mainly playing in the hooking position and being appointed captain. He spent six years at the Bears.
He was recruited along with many fellow Antipodeans in 1994 by the new Australian owners of the London rugby league club, who changed the name of the club from London Crusaders to London Broncos. He played for the club during the change of top-flight rugby league in England from the winter season to summer Rugby League, with the advent of the new Super League competition in 1996.
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