Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Gary Richard Pethybridge
- Nickname(s)
- Kooka
- Born
- Monday, 6th November, 1950
- Current Age
- 75 years and 144 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1973
Known Family Links
- Son
- Scott Pethybridge
- Brother
- Rod Pethybridge
Biography
P’matta junior had a promising career in front of him as a centre at St George in the mid-1970s before a neck vertebra injury forced him into early retirement. A NSW rep in 1973, Pethybridge risked paralysis to resume his career and captain the Panthers during the late 1970s. A lower grade coach at P’matta he was later the coach of Penrith's President's Cup side in 1993. Pethybridge’s brother, Rod, and son, Scott, also played first grade.
- 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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| Other | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW Reserve Grade | - | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||||||
NSW/QLD Cup - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Penrith (R) | NSWRL Reserve Grade 1995 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||||||
NSW/QLD Cup - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Penrith (R) | 1995 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio

Your Say
15 Apr 2014 10:31am
Good player good bloke
26 Jun 2015 9:02pm
A truly gifted player even at a young age had the pleasure of playing in the same team as him in our junior years was clear to me from even that early age Gary was destined to go all the a great bloke who came from a great family
22 Mar 2022 9:42pm
Had the best side step i have seen
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