Tim Sheens

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Tim Sheens
Personal information
Born	30 October 1950 (1950-10-30) (age 58)
	Sydney, Australia
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1970–1982	Penrith Panthers	166	11	0	0	33
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1984–1987	Penrith Panthers	98	43	4	51	44
1988–1996	Canberra Raiders	219	148	3	68	68
1997–2001	North Queensland	105	28	4	73	27
2003–	Wests Tigers	155	70	0	85	45
	Total	577	289	11	277	50
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1991	City Origin	1	0	0	1	0
1991	New South Wales	3	1	0	2	33
2006–2008	City Origin	3	2	1	0	67
2009–	Australia	1	1	0	0	100
As of 10 May 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Tim Sheens (born 30 October, 1950) is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player. He currently coaches the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League and in 2009 was appointed coach of the Australian national team, the Kangaroos. Sheens played with the Penrith Panthers in the 1970s and 80s before retiring and becoming their coach. He coached the Canberra Raiders to successive premierships before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys and later the Wests Tigers.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2.1 Milestones 2.2 Representative coaching 2.3 Coaching record 3 Footnotes 4 External links 5 Succession information

[edit] Playing career

Tim Sheens was educated at St Dominic's College, Kingswood, near Penrith but spent his last two years of school at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, where he was the school captain and first-grade rugby league captain in 1968.^[1]

Sheens had a lengthy playing stint with Penrith, playing 166 first grade games as a prop from 1970–1982 and scoring 11 tries. Sheens was soon coaxed out of retirement though, playing one season with the Campbelltown City Kangaroos in 1983, captaining that club to the Group 6 Rugby League premiership that season. In October, 2006, in recognition of his contribution as a player, Sheens was named as one of the Penrith Panthers "Team of Legends".^[2]

[edit] Coaching career

Although his first ever game as first-grade coach was a 24–12 loss to St George, Tim Sheens has a track-record of reforming under-performing teams to premiership victory. He brought Penrith to their first finals series ever in 1985 and he coached the Canberra Raiders to their first premiership in 1989, a feat he repeated in 1990 and 1994.

However, Sheens' time with the North Queensland Cowboys (1997-2001) was less successful and, after board discussions, a period of stress-leave and while News Limited launched a take-over of the club^[3], he resigned from North Queensland on May 25, 2001.^[4]

In 2002, Sheens accepted the coaching position with the Wests Tigers for the 2003 season, replacing Terry Lamb. The feat of the Wests Tigers winning the 2005 Grand Final against the Cowboys has been largely attributed to Sheens.

Sheens has coached four premiership winning teams, making him second only to Wayne Bennett among current coaches. Sheens was awarded the Dally M Coach of the Year in 1984, 1990 and 2005.

In December 2007, Sheens' contract with the Tigers - due to expire at the end of the 2008 season - was extended to 2010.^[5]

[edit] Milestones

Sheens was the first coach in the NRL to reach the 500 games milestone. Sheens reached this mark on 2 April 2006, while with the Wests Tigers and celebrated in style with a win over Melbourne Storm.^[6]

On 20 April, 2008, Sheens coached his 550th first-grade game, a win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

[edit] Representative coaching

At the representative level, Sheens coached the 1991 City Origin team to a 22–12 win over Country. In the same year, as coach of the NSW State of Origin team, he led the side to a 2–1 series loss to Queensland.

Sheens returned to the representative arena in 2006 when he succeeded Graham Murray as coach for City Origin, a post he retained in 2007 and 2008.^[7] In 2006, City lost to Country, 12 points to 10 but won in 2007, 12 points to 6. The 2008 match was a 22–22 draw, with City retaining the trophy.^[8]

In February 2009, Sheens was appointed coach of the Australian national rugby league team following the resignation of Ricky Stuart.^[9] Sheens coached the Kangaroos to their first win in his charge, defeating the Kiwis on 8 May, 2009.^[10]

[edit] Coaching record

Tim Sheens - Coaching Results by Season[11][12]
Team	Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Draws	Win %	Finals Series
Penrith	1984	24	12	11	1	50%
	1985	26	14	11	1	53.85%	Semi-final: Parramatta 38–Penrith 6
	1986	24	11	12	1	45.83%
	1987	24	6	17	1	25%
Canberra	1988	24	15	9	0	62.5%	Minor Semi Final: Balmain 14–Canberra 6
	1989	26	18	8	0	69.23%	Grand Final: Canberra 19–Balmain 14
	1990	25	18	6	1	72%	Grand Final: Canberra 18–Penrith 14
	1991	26	17	9	0	65.38%	Grand Final: Penrith 19–Canberra 12
	1992	22	10	12	0	45.45%
	1993	24	16	7	1	66.67%	Minor Semi Final: Brisbane 30–Canberra 12
	1994	26	20	6	0	76.92%	Grand Final: Canberra 36–Canterbury 12
	1995	24	21	3	0	87.5%	Preliminary Final 1: Canterbury 25–Canberra 6
	1996	22	13	8	1	59.09%	Quarter Final 3: St George 16–Canberra 14
North Queensland	1997	18	5	11	2	27.78%
	1998	24	9	15	0	37.5%
	1999	24	4	19	1	16.67%
	2000	26	7	19	0	26.92%
	2001	11	2	8	1	18.18%
Wests Tigers	2003	24	7	17	0	29.17%
	2004	24	10	14	0	41.67%
	2005	28	18	10	0	64.28%	Grand Final: Wests Tigers 30–North Queensland 16
	2006	24	10	14	0	41.66%
	2007	24	11	13	0	45.83%
	2008	24	11	13	0	45.8%
Career		568	285	270	11	50.17%	at 7 September, 2008

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Profile at NRL.com
• Wests Tigers Official Site - current team
• Tim Sheens at The Rugby League Project

[edit] Succession information

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Peard 1982-1983	Coach Penrith Panthers 1984-1987	Succeeded by Ron Willey 1988-1989
Preceded by Don Furner 1982-1987 and Wayne Bennett 1987 (co-coaches)	Coach Canberra Raiders 1988-1996	Succeeded by Mal Meninga 1997-2001
Preceded by Graham Lowe 1996	Coach North Queensland Cowboys 1997-2001	Succeeded by Murray Hurst 2001-2002
Preceded by Terry Lamb 2001-2002	Coach Wests Tigers 2003-	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Jack Gibson 1989-1990	Coach New South Wales State of Origin 1991	Succeeded by Phil Gould 1992-1996
Preceded by Ricky Stuart 2006-2008	Coach Australia 2009-	Succeeded by incumbent

v • d • e Wests Tigers - current squad  Ayshford •  Collis •  Dunley •  Ellis • Farah •  Galea •  Galloway •  Gibbs •  Halatau •  Hanbury • Heighington •  Laurie •  Lawrence •  Marshall •  Moltzen •  Morris •  Payne •  Payten •  Ryan •  Tagive •  Trimarchi •  Tuiaki • Coach: Sheens

v • d • e Wests Tigers squad - 2005 NRL Premiers (1st Title) 1 Brett Hodgson • 2 Daniel Fitzhenry • 3 Shane Elford • 4 Paul Whatuira • 5 Pat Richards • 6 Benji Marshall • 7 Scott Prince (c)  • 8 Anthony Laffranchi • 9 Robbie Farah • 10 John Skandalis • 11 Ben Galea • 12 Mark O'Neill • 13 Dene Halatau  • 14 Liam Fulton • 15 Chris Heighington • 16 Bryce Gibbs • 17 Todd Payten  • Coach: Tim Sheens

v • d • e Canberra Raiders squad - 1994 NSWRL Premiers (3rd Title) 1 Brett Mullins • 2 Ken Nagas • 3 Mal Meninga (c) • 4 Ruben Wiki • 5 Noa Nadruku • 6 Laurie Daley • 7 Ricky Stuart  • 8 Quentin Pongia • 9 Steve Walters • 10 Paul Osborne • 11 Jason Croker • 12 David Furner • 13 Bradley Clyde  • 14 Brett Hetherington • 15 David Westley  • Coach: Tim Sheens

v • d • e Canberra Raiders squad - 1990 NSWRL Premiers (2nd Title) 1 Gary Belcher • 2 Paul Martin • 3 Mal Meninga (c) • 4 Laurie Daley • 5 John Ferguson • 6 Chris O'Sullivan • 7 Ricky Stuart  • 8 Brent Todd • 9 Steve Walters • 10 Glenn Lazarus • 11 Nigel Gaffey • 12 Gary Coyne • 13 Dean Lance  • 14 Matthew Wood • 15 Phil Carey • 16 Craig Bellamy • 17 David Barnhill  • Coach: Tim Sheens

v • d • e Canberra Raiders squad - 1989 NSWRL Premiers (1st Title) 1 Gary Belcher • 2 Matthew Wood • 3 Mal Meninga (c) • 4 Laurie Daley • 5 John Ferguson • 6 Chris O'Sullivan • 7 Ricky Stuart  • 8 Brent Todd • 9 Steve Walters • 10 Glenn Lazarus • 11 Dean Lance • 12 Gary Coyne • 13 Bradley Clyde  • 14 Paul Martin • 15 Kevin Walters • 16 Steve Jackson  • Coach: Tim Sheens

v • d • e New South Wales State of Origin coaches Ted Glossop • Frank Stanton • Terry Fearnley • Ron Willey • John Peard • Jack Gibson • Tim Sheens • Phil Gould • Tommy Raudonikis • Wayne Pearce • Ricky Stuart • Graham Murray • Craig Bellamy