Adrian Lam
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Adrian Lam
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| Full name | Adrian Lam | |||||
| Nickname | Lammy, Auge | |||||
| Born | 25 August 1970 Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
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| Height | 1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in) | |||||
| Weight | 76 kilograms (170 lb) | |||||
| Position | Halfback | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1994–00 | Sydney Roosters | 146 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 174 |
| 2001–04 | Wigan Warriors | 107 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 175 |
| Total | 253 | 82 | 3 | 15 | 349 | |
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1994–00 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995–00 | Queensland | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
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| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2006–2010 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Adrian Lam (born 25 August 1970 in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea)[1] is an Australian rugby league football coach and former international player. He is the head coach of the under 20 St George Dragons squad National Rugby League (NRL) team he signed with them in 2010 and will combine with coaching legend Wayne Bennett.He is a former Papua New Guinea rugby league football player. Lam moved from Papua New Guinea to Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland at the age of 7 where he was raised.[2]
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Career
Playing
Lam had a fertile career with 14 State of Origin football matches for the Queensland side, including a man-of-the-match performance in the third game of the 1995 series. He made his debut for the Papua New Guinea national side in 1994 and went on to win 12 test football caps scoring 3 tries and kicking 1 field goal. He played at halfback for the Sydney Roosters in their 2000 NRL Grand Final loss to the [Brisbane Broncos]]. He captained the Kumuls to the quarter finals in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup he also played 1 match for rest of the world VS Australia.
He played a total of 146 club games for the Sydney Roosters, scoring 42 tries and kicking 6 field goals, as well as 119 first team games for Wigan Warriors, scoring 44 tries, kicking 1 goal and 10 field goals.
Lam is one of only a few players to have played State of Origin for Queensland and for a country other than Australia. He is also the only player to be captain of a Queensland side and captain of a national team other than Australia. The reason he was allowed to do this was that due to the Super League war, Queensland were in need of a half-back due to the fact regular half-back Allan Langer had signed with Super League. Although this decision was not popular with many, Lam has always believed himself to be more of a Queenslander than Papua New Guinea in everything but birth right.
He has named his Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]
Coaching
Lam was the coach of the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team until he quit in 2010. In 2009 he started an appointment as assistant coach under Wayne Bennett at the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[4]
Lam became the coach of the Dragons Under 20's team in 2010 and 2011.
Personal life
In 2010 a court ordered former State of Origin teammate Dale Shearer to repay approximately $1.5m to Lam for an outstanding loan which dated back to 2005.[5]
References
- ^ Ritchie, Dean (6 April 2011). "Not being from Queensland no bar to Cane Toad State of Origin selection". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/maroons-in-a-state-of-denial/story-e6frexnr-1226034271134. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (8 October 1995). "Island gods high in a dream world". The Independent. independent.co.uk. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/island-gods-high-in-a-dream-world-1576603.html. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 1 August 2008. http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/03/png-name-preliminary-squad.aspx. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ David Beniuk and Glenn Cullen (11 December 2009). "Lam organising Soward's game". heraldsun.com.au (Australia: AAP). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/lam-organising-sowards-game/story-e6frfgbo-1225809525390. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ Elsworthy, Sophie (29 November 2010). "Former NRL star Dale Shearer ordered to pay former Queensland teammate Adrian Lam $1.5 million over unpaid loan". The Daily Telegraph (Australia: Herald and Weekly Times). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/former-nrl-star-adrian-lam-sues-former-queensland-teammate-for-15-million/story-e6frfgbo-1225962386969. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
External links
- Player Details at stateoforigin.com.au
- Rugby League Project stats
- Adrian Lam Wigan Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.
- Wigan Warriors profile
- Adrian Lam profile (Archived 2009-10-24)
- Lam to take Wigan coaching role
- Meet Wigan star Adrian Lam
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/970000/images/_973699_lam150.jpg
- http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Adrian_Lam.html
- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/24/1082719678288.html?from=storyrhs
| Preceded by Bob Bennett |
Coach Papua New Guinea 2006-2009 |
Succeeded by Stanley Gene |
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