Bob Lindner is an Australian former rugby league player and coach. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games He represented his country in the sport and is one of a handful of players to be man-of-the-match in State of Origin football more than once. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues Fifteen years after his retirement from football in Australia, he had made the most appearances and scored the most tries of any forward in State of Origin history. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench
Australia 1986-93: 23 Tests - 6t (24 pts)
Queensland 1984-93: 25 games - 7t (28 pts)
Parramatta Eels 1987-88: 28 games - 6t (24 pts)
Gold Coast Giants 1989: 10 games (0 pts)
Wests Magpies 1990-92: 39 games - 8t (32 pts)
Illawarra Steelers 1993: 20 games - 4t (16 pts)
Lindner played lock with South Brisbane Magpies (1983-84) and Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (1985-86) before representing Australia on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour. The Queensland State of Origin team is a Rugby league team representing the state of Queensland that plays in Australia's annual three-match State of Origin The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional Rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby The Western Suburbs Magpies are a Rugby league football club in Sydney Australia The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian Rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong New South Wales. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench The Souths Logan Magpies, more commonly referred to by their former name Souths or simply Magpies, are a Rugby league football club based in the southern The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are a Rugby league club based at Kougari Oval, which is in the suburb of Manly West in Brisbane, Queensland He played in all six Tests (Papua New Guinea, Great Britain and France). Rugby league in Papua New Guinea is regarded as the country’s national sport Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league. The France national rugby league team represent France in international Rugby league tournaments
Lindner played at Parrmatta (as a much-anticipated replacement for Ray Price) and at the Gold Coast but both stays were short-lived.
Representative honours continued, and following a stint with Castleford in England, he played against New Zealand in 1987 and Great Britain in 1988. Castleford Tigers are a Rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The New Zealand national rugby league side represents New Zealand in the sport of Rugby league.
A broken leg in a State of Origin match in 1989 ruled Lindner out of the New Zealand tour. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island However after joining a young Wests side, he was named man-of-the-match in the third match of the 1990 State of Origin series and selected for that year's Kangaroo tour. The 1990 State of Origin series was the 11th annual Rugby League State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland. Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian Rugby league tours of Great Britain and France
Lindner suffered another broken leg injury in 1991 but made a great recovery before breaking the leg again while playing against New Zealand. 1992 saw him named man-of-the-match in the second game of the State of Origin series and taking on the visiting Great Britain side, pushing his Test tally to 19, before playing in the World Cup final win. The tenth Rugby League World Cup continued to use the three-year format stretching to cover the years 1989 to 1992.
Wests' salary cap problems saw him join his fourth premiership club, Illawarra, in 1993 but after playing for Australia (against New Zealand) and Queensland (an emotional try-scoring performance in the Maroons' 24-12 win), he announced his intention to leave Australia and play abroad. Linder's player agent, the successful Sydney businessman Michael Saad, received many offeres and the following year Lindner would play in England.
At Oldham Lindner took over as captain-coach following the departure of Peter Tunks and successfully averted the team’s relegation to Second Division. Oldham Roughyeds are a British Rugby league club currently playing in the League Two of the National Leagues. Peter Tunks (born August 30, 1958 in Sydney New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player for the South Sydney
Lindner then returned to Australia and linked with the short-lived South Queensland Crushers where he was originally recruited as a player but hung up his boots to replace Bill Gardner as club coach in 1995-96. He stood down as coach in 1997, the Crusher’s final year in the Australian Rugby League premiership. The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia
In the year 2000 Lindner was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league. The Australian Sports Medal was an award given during 2000 to recognise achievements in Australian sport.
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