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Brian Noble

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 14th February, 1961
Current Age
65 years and 45 days
Place Of Birth
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

English Championship
1980/1981
Yorkshire Cup
1987/1988, 1989/1990
RLIF Coach Of The Year
2004

Biography

Bradford Northern hooker, a veteran of over 400 games for the Bulls, made his Test debut against Australia in the Third Test on the 1982 Kangaroo Tour. Noble was chosen as vice-captain of the 1984 Lion's tour but was promoted to captain after original choice, Trevor Skerrett, withdrew. Noble's squad did not win a Test in Australia or NZ and nor could he set the Sharks alight during his brief stay in 1985. Noble succeeded Canberra coach Matthew Elliot as Bradford coach in 2000, capturing the English Super League premiership the following year. Noble coached Great Britain in the 2003 Ashes series and in three successive Tri Nations competitions (2004-06).
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Representative Career - International     Games W L D Win %  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 14 6 8 0 42.86% List
Tri-Nations - 13 5 8 0 38.46% List
Club Career - UK     Games W L D Win %  
Super League - 321 202 111 8 62.93% List
Challenge Cup - 34 23 11 0 67.65% List
1895 Cup - 3 2 1 0 66.67% List
Super League Finals - 22 16 6 0 72.73% List
UK Top Division - 321 202 111 8 62.93% List
UK Second Division - 26 19 7 0 73.08% List
Other     Games W L D Win %  
World Club Challenge - 3 3 0 0 100.00% List
Overall     Games W L D Win %  
First Class 372 239 138 8 64.25% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Games W L D Win %  
Great Britain 2004-06   14 6 8 0 42.86% List

England - By Team

Team Years   Games W L D Win %  
Yorkshire 2002   2 0 2 0 0.00% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   Games W L D Win %  
Bradford 2001   35 34 7 1 97.14% List
Bradford 2002   32 27 9 0 84.38% List
Bradford 2003   35 36 6 0 102.86% List
Bradford 2004   32 24 11 1 75.00% List
Bradford 2005   34 28 11 1 82.35% List
Bradford 2006   12 11 2 1 91.67% List
Wigan 2006   19 11 9 0 57.89% List
Wigan 2007   34 25 15 1 73.53% List
Wigan 2008   33 21 15 3 63.64% List
Wigan 2009   34 25 16 0 73.53% List
Crusaders 2010   30 14 19 0 46.67% List
Salford 2013   16 4 13 0 25.00% List
Salford 2014   9 6 4 0 66.67% List
Bradford 2025   32 25 10 0 78.13% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   Games W L D Win %  
Bradford 2001-06, 2025   212 159 49 4 75.00% List
Wigan 2006-09   120 68 48 4 56.67% List
Crusaders 2010   30 13 17 0 43.33% List
Salford 2013-14   25 9 16 0 36.00% List
Overall2001-2025   387 249 130 8 64.34% List

Your Say

  • Neil Roebuck
    10/10/2023

    What a superb bloke,nobby was.he was a hard working player ,who shirked nothing. But most of all I remember Brian ,taking time out ,to talk ,to the colts, telling them, to work hard,on the weights,training, etc, to improve there game.you could see then ,nobby was destined, to be a successful coach.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Bill Bates, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club