Arthur Kitinas Explained

Arthur Kitinas
Birth Date:1959 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Perth, Australia[1]
Club1:Eastern Suburbs
Year1start:1977
Appearances1:1
Tries1:0
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:0
Club2:South Sydney
Year2start:1978
Appearances2:3
Tries2:1
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:3
Coachteam1:South Sydney
Coachyear1start:2004
Coachgames1:13
Coachwins1:3
Coachdraws1:1
Coachlosses1:9
Coachyearastart:2006
Coachyearaend:07
Updated:5 November 2023
Source:[2] [3]

Arthur Kitinas (born 29 November 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and coached in the 2000s. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.

A, Kitinas trialled with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club and played just one top grade match, in 1977, before joining the South Sydney Rabbitohs the following season. The established hookers at the South Sydney club, Test player George Piggins along with Ken Stewart, saw the promising young Kitinas play very little first grade at that club either.

Kitinas spent time as an assistant coach at South Sydney before an unsuccessful stint in the main job in 2004, as a replacement for Paul Langmack.[4]

Kitinas joined the Wests Tigers coaching team in 2006 and currently coaches the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Premier League team. In 2006 and 2007 he also coached the Australian Fijians team.[5] Kitinas now coaches the South Sydney Rabbitohs SG Ball team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 June 2004. New Souths coach gets warm welcome. Sydney Morning Herald. 15 December 2021.
  2. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/arthur-kitinas/summary.html Rugby League Project
  3. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/arthur-kitinas/summary.html RLP
  4. Web site: One game at a time. The Sydney Morning herald. 14 June 2004.
  5. Web site: AUSTRALIAN FIJIANS READY FOR HISTORIC TOUR OF ENGLAND. August 2008. Australian Fijian Rugby league. 23 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102347/http://www.afrl.com.au/hotnews_titanstoEngland.htm. 6 July 2011. dead.